Plan of the Botanic Garden of Lund. 419 



[The plan alluded to above (J?g. 113.) was sent us, together 

 with the following description, by onr correspondent, Mr. 

 Jens Peter Petersen, of the Royal Gardens of Copenhagen.] 



The Botanic Garden of the JJniver&ity qfLiind-w^s founded 

 in the first half of the eighteenth century. Its professors 

 and directors have been Andrew Lidbeck, A. J. Retzius, and 

 the distinguished C. A. Agardh. The gardener, in 1826, was 



0. J. N. Morch ; but is now M. Lundbuz. The garden con- 

 tains about two and a half English acres ; the soil is a mixture 

 of gravelly clay and mould; and the surface is somewhat irre- 

 gular. The following are its details : — 



A, The botanic garden. B, The new arboretum. 25, Area for gymnastic exercises. 



c. The plantation. 26, Campus experimentaUs (field for trying 



1, Old academy. 2, New academy. experiments). 



3, The astronomical observatory. 27, Seminarium (seed place). 



4, Vestibule to the academy. 28, Pinetum (various species of pines). 



5, Anatomical theatre over the same. 29, Acerinuni (various species of acers). 



6, Conservatory. 7, Stove. 30, Fruticetum (a collection of shrubs). 



8, Gardener's house. 9, Conservatory. 31, Hedge of box, 6 feet broad at the base, and 



10, Conservatory. 11, Stove. 6 feet high. 



12, Lecture room. 32, The house of Professor Agardh. 



13, Arrangements of herbaceous plants, ac. 33, 34, 35, Private houses. 



cording to the natural system. 36, Square called Little Square. 



14, Arrangement of trees and shrubs. 37, Street called Broad Street 



15, Annual plants. 16, New arboretum. 38, Churchyard, now a garden. 



17, Medicinal plants. 39, 40, 41, Private houses. 



18, Rockwork, or lapidarium. 42, In the direction of 42 is another house be- 



19, Old infirmary. 20, New infirmary. longing to Professor Agardh. 



21, Lying-in hospital. 43, Private house. 44, 45, Streets. 



22, Storehouse and kitchen for the lying-in 46, 47. House and garden of the Academical 



hospital. Association. 



23, Place of exercise for invalids. 48, Street. 49, Bishop's house. 



24, Garden of medicinal herbs for the hospital. 60, Private houses. 



It has been remarked that the box thrives here remarkably 

 w^ell ; there being hedges of that shrub upwards of six feet 

 high. The tender plants are said to thrive here better than 

 in the garden at Copenhagen. The herbaceous plants are 

 arranged according to Professor Agardh's Aphorismi Plan- 

 tarum ; each genus being planted by itself. There are a 

 good many species of trees and shrubs, though but few 

 North American plants. The green-houses contain the 

 plants of the South of Europe ; but few natives of the Cape, 

 or of New Holland. The most remarkable plants in the 

 stoves are the banana and the date. The hot-houses are 

 heated by German stoves, in which wood is burned as fuel. 

 The garden has no library, herbarium, or collection of seeds; 

 nor is this to be wondered at, when it is considered that the 

 entire expense of the establishment, including the gardener's 

 salary, seldom exceeds 50/. a year. The total number of 

 species in this garden, in 1829, was 2300. An arboretum 

 was planted there by M. Mbrch, and also a shrubbery in the 

 English style. A good many white mulberry trees had been 

 propagated, with a view to the culture of the silkworm ; but 

 the severe winter of 1798 destroyed most of the trees, and 

 the culture has been given up. The worms were reared in 



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