408 Nofes and Rejections during a Tour : — 



these coverings are only taken off when some of the vege- 

 tables are wanted for use. In cellars and large rooms shelves 

 containing layers of earth are formed one above another ; and 

 in these cauliflowers, broccoli, lettuce, and other vegetables, 

 are kept through great part of the winter. Endive is taken 

 up, dried in a hot-house, the leaves tied close together with 

 rye-straw, and the plants afterwards buried in the soil, with 

 the roots upwards, and protruding a few inches above the 

 surface, and the whole covered with thatch, to keep out the 

 rain and the frost. In this state it will keep till spring. 

 Cabbages are also kept in the same manner, both in Ger- 

 many and in the highlands of Scotland. In short, the ex- 

 ertions made by the German gardeners, in so severe a climate 

 as that of Bavaria, are such as the British gardener can form 

 little idea of; and, with the clear dry air of the country, their 

 great success is alike incredible. 



The culture of asparagus at Ulm has been already given. 

 (Vol. IV. p. 493.) 



The Arboricidture of Bavaria consists chiefly in planting 

 trees by the sides of the public roads ; the supply of timber 

 being abundant from the native forests. The roadside trees 

 are, for the most part, Lombardy poplars, lime trees, syca- 

 mores, and elms ; but none of these trees, it is to be observed, 

 are planted in soils and situations where fruit trees will 

 prosper and ripen their fruit. 



• There are several government nurseries for the propagation 

 and sale of fruit and forest trees, some of which have been 

 already noticed or described (Vol. IV. p. 496., and Vol. V. 

 p. 384. 424.), and we have only to add one or two others. 



The nursery of M. Schliltz, between Munich and Nym- 

 phenburg, consists of about two acres, chiefly devoted to 

 florists' flowers and roses. There is a large green-house, 

 and also a hot-house: in the former are 150 sorts of pelar- 

 goniums from Vienna, and upwards of 100 English sorts. 

 There is a good collection of succulents, and some camellias, 

 ericas, and Australian plants. Among the hardy flowers, 

 twenty-four sorts of hollyhocks, five of Zinnia, 300 of 

 auricula, and 350 sorts of carnation, are in the catalogue. 

 The range of glass, which is about 200 ft. long, is sometimes 

 covered with straw mats, for weeks together, during severe 

 weather. 



The nursery at Schleissheim was laid out by M. Sckell, 

 and is one of the most complete in Bavaria. It is laid out in 

 parallel compartments from east to west, so that the rows in 

 beds across them are from north to south ; thus admitting 

 the sun, once every day in the year, to every part of the 

 ground's surface. Along the walks are planted single spe- 



