Cemetery at Carlsrnhe. 



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masses, each containing only one kind, in Sckell's manner ; and 

 a most judicious use is made of spruce firs, bird-cherries, Hvp- 

 pophae rhamnbides, Amorpha fruticosa, yellow-barked ash, 

 bladder-nut, acacia, golden willow, fly honeysuckle, red dog- 

 wood, privet, lilac, Spirae^a, &c., all of which present irregular 

 masses of distinct colours from their bark, even in the winter 

 season. The only want here, like every where else in Ger- 

 many, is of evergreens. The walks are laid with good gravel 

 of a grey colour, from a stream which passes through the 

 grounds ; and (what we found rare in Germany in 1828) they 

 are filled to the brim. The great defect of walks in Germany 

 is the same as that which is so common in Britain, viz., that 

 they are sunk into the ground, instead of seeming to be 

 formed on a level with it. 



The principal Cemetery at Carlsruhe {Jig- 77.) is at a short 

 distance from the town. There are some straight and wind- 



ing walks through it, a number of groups of trees, and a 

 great many monuments, mostly, however, in bad taste. The 

 monument of the poet Stilling is a large block of rough stone, 

 cracked in several places, but with an inscription across the 

 principal rent, as shown in the foreground. The most com- 

 mon shrub in this burial-ground we found to be the //ype- 

 ricum Kalm?am/;« ,• the principal trees, the weeping birch 

 and weeping willow : there is a considerable variety of herb- 

 aceous plants, both annuals and perennials. 



The Burial-Ground at Baden {Jig. 78.) is remarkable for a 

 piece of rockwork called the Oehlberg (Mount of Olives). 



