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The range of stoves and green-houses in the botanic gar- 

 den at Nymphenburg [Jig. 103.) is very substantial, with 

 opaque roofs ; and the interiors are remarkably well finished, 

 and heated by German stoves, concealed among the plants, 

 and supplied with fuel from the sheds behind. The collection 

 of palms in the stove, in November, 1828, consisted of about 

 70 species, all large plants, recently procured from Holland. 

 The catalogue of the open garden, published in 1826, by Ster- 

 ler, contains upwards of 3000 species of herbaceous plants. 



The royal chateau of Berg, on the lake of Wiirmsee, is a 

 private summer retreat of the king's, on the nearest hilly and 

 picturesque ground to Munich. The house is nothing; but 

 the grounds, which occupy 200 acres, are hilly, irregular, 

 rocky, bordered by an immense lake, and very picturesque. 

 The groundwork of the wood was the remains of a forest, 

 composed chiefly of beech, hornbeam, and spruce fir. This 

 wood Louis Sckell has judiciously enriched, and distin- 

 guished from the common woody scenery of that country, 

 by the introduction of a number of exotics ; and he has dis- 

 played the whole to the greatest advantage, by walks, by 

 baring the rocks in some places, by deepening the glades in 

 others, and by shutting out or exposing to view exterior 

 objects, as the effect might require. The cherry is the only 

 fruit tree that will thrive here as a standard, so severe are 

 the winters. The walks are made of calcareous tufta ; and, 

 being brimful, of a brownish colour, and firmly rolled, 

 become as hard as solid stone, and in appearance are only 

 inferior to Kensington gravel. This tuffa, which is the de- 

 position of the limestone of the country, is perfectly soft 

 when taken out of the quarry; but it very soon afterwards 

 becomes hard : it is put upon the walks in a state of powder, 

 only six or eight inches thick, and immediately rolled. As 

 many of the walks at Wiirmsee are on very steep surfaces, 



