Mmiich Botanic Garden. 



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was laid out by M. Louis Sckell, in 1815, and is well de- 

 serving of imitation in the case of similar buildings. The 

 only regret is, that there is not half a sufficiency of ground 

 to keep the inmates employed. The following are details : — 



a. Courts of the hospital. 

 e. Summer-house. 



b. House of the director, c, Overseer's house, d. Kitchen-garden. 

 /, Temple. g g. Sunk fences to admit the exterior stenery. 



The following are the kinds of trees and shrubs used, and 

 the manner in which they are disposed : — 



C<5mus mdscula. 12, 



A grove of lime trees on 13, 

 turf, with benches under- l*, 



neath. 15, 



Cornus &lba. 16, 



Philadeiphus coronarius. 17, 



Ribes rfibrum. 18, 



Rbsa. centifolia. 19, 



Cytisus iabtirnum. 20, 



nbi^irnum jbseum. 21, 



5pirae''a opulifblia. 22, 



SpirJB^a Aypericifblia. 23, 



P6pulus aiba. 24, 



Cytisus sessilifblius. 

 Cytisus elongatus. 

 Cytisus nigricans. 

 Robinaa hispida. 

 Robin?a viscbsa. 

 Robinens Pseud-yicJlcia. 

 Lonicera tatarica. 

 ^^cer Negundo. 

 A^cex platanoldes. 

 Primus Padus. 

 Priinus Mahdleb. 

 Lonicera CEeruIea. 

 P6pulus itilica. 



iJhus typhina. 

 fiburnum j-bseum. 

 iJhiis Cotinus. 

 Robini'm inermis. 

 Rbsa semperflurens. 

 Medicinische krauten. 

 Blumen. 



Crat3B"'gus Oxyacantha. 

 Syringa vulgaris. 

 Syringa p^rsica. 

 Syringa chinensis. 

 Cratse^gus coccinea. 



Floriculture. — The principal botanic garden in Bavaria is 

 that of Munich. There are also botanic gardens at Nymphen- 

 burg, Ratisbon, and a few other places. 



The botanic garden at Munich is rich in Brazilian plants, 

 of which it contains a greater number of species than the 

 garden at Kew. It is under the direction of the celebrated 

 Dr. Martius, well known for his Travels in Brazil, and for 

 various other works on natural history. The garden was 

 laid out by the late M. Sckell ; it contains a handsome en- 

 trance {Jig. 111.); twenty-four compartments for the twenty- 



four Linnaean classes of herbaceous plants, and a marginal 

 arboretum, arranged with a joint view to the natural orders 

 and to picturesque beauty. The number of species Is not 

 numerous, because the great severity of the winter admits of 

 none but natives of very cold climates. Hollies, which grow 

 in the mountainous districts of Bavaria, will not endure the 

 winter at Munich ; neither will the box nor the furze : pines, 

 firs, and junipers are almost the only hardy evergreens. The 

 soil of the garden being, in common with that of the table 

 land on which Munich stands, formed of the debris of mag- 

 nesian limestone, is unfavourable to vegetation, and requires 



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