12 Gardening Tour through Part of Prussia, SfC. 



it is expected that it will be carried on with much eagerness, and 

 that both gardens will, in time, become celebrated. The court 

 garden is remarkable for its beautiful views ; it has also one very 

 fine specimen of Thuja occidentalis. The garden at Manheim, 

 under M. Stihler, has some very well laid out scenes, and some 

 very good clumps of shrubs. This garden has not enough 

 water, and very fine views, but better ones might easily be made. 

 .Darmstadt has a great deal of garden ground round it. The 

 garden of M. Schnitzboor is one of the largest; but the paths 

 are not well laid out: the clumps are bad, and the ground 

 dirty. The view is not worth mentioning : the part round 

 the water is the best. The garden under M. Noar has 

 particularly fine dahlias, and especially very fine annuals ; 

 its vegetables are also worthy of remark. One of the most 

 beautiful gardens is that on the road to Rosenhohe, under 

 the direction of M. Guyer. The part round the castle, and 

 that on the hill, are very well laid out. The views, paths, and 

 grouping are in good taste. The gardens round Frankfort are 

 worthy of notice. M. Rinz's nursery is only just begun ; but 

 he has a good collection of fruit trees, and barren trees and 

 shrubs. There is also a good collection of camellias, rhodo- 

 dendrons, kalmias, ericas, and azaleas. His green-house 

 plants look extremely well. Baron Rothschild's garden is 

 tolerably large, but his trees only are worthy of notice. He 

 has a fine specimen of Araucdria [Alting/a] excelsa. The 

 churchyard of Frankfort is very striking, and resembles an 

 English garden. The botanic garden has nothing remarkable. 

 The garden at Mayence is pretty large, and has beautiful views ; 

 but the choice of shrubs, and the grouping of them, require 

 much improvement. The botanic garden at Bon is one of the 

 best gardens in Prussia. Not far from Cologne lies a new gar- 

 den, with a nursery near it: it is laid out with much taste. 

 The garden at Dusseldorf is poor in plants, and those few are 

 in bad condition. Some parts are worth notice ; but that round 

 the water wants improving, and also the form of the water. 

 The walks are laid out well ; and it is evident that the designer 

 was an experienced man. Not far from this lies the garden 

 of Salm Dyck, which is so celebrated for its cactuses, mesem- 

 bryanthemums, &c. The garden is very bad ; but it is not the 

 gardener's fault, as the princess laid it out. Alten has no good 

 gardens; the walk round the town is only remarkable. 



Want of time prevents me from writing further particulars, 

 and this is the reason that I have written in such a hurry. 

 When I get home I shall make a full description of all I liave 

 seen, and send it to you. 



