10 Gardeni?ig Tour through Part of Prussia,' 



saw there of the newest plants, I judged they must have been 

 purchased when very rare. The part round the castle is well 

 laid out, and it is only a pity that enough money is not spent to 

 keep it in order. 



On my return to Vienna, I went to Salzburg, a city with a 

 beautiful view ; which there is also all the way from Vienna to 

 Salzburo-. There are four gardens in Salzburg, not worth 

 mentioning. The most remarkable gardens in Germany are 

 those at Munich, laid out by M. Sckell. The garden at In- 

 spruck, under M. Eshenlohr, is not in good order, and very little 

 money is spent on it. In this place I found a great number of 

 the Pinus Cdmbra, the fruit of which is commonly eaten. 



In Trieste, the garden of Capaletti is the most remarkable : it is 

 not large, but has very good plants, particularly Cactese. There 

 is also a magnificent collection of orange trees in the open air ; 

 and the iJibiscus syriacus, trained as an espalier, which is com- 

 mon all over Italy, is here particularly fine. In Romano are 

 seen very magnificent cypresses, uncommonly large, and cut in 

 the form of a pyramid. 



On the way to Venice are seen plants of Celtis, Cercis, 22htis 

 Cotinus, &c., by the road-side. Here is the celebrated Lago di 

 Garda, on the banks of which are planted beautiful lemon trees, 

 and, immediately behind them, olive trees. The Giardino 

 Giusti is only remarkable for its fine views : it is laid out in the 

 old-fashioned style, as most of the gardens are in the upper part 

 of Italy. The box trees, trained as espaliers, are very remark- 

 able. On the way to Padua are seen many olive trees, bignonias, 

 (Salix babylonica, but more particularly the Morus alba, round 

 the stems of which the vines grow of an enormous size. The 

 botanic garden in Padua is remarkable for its specimens, in the 

 open air, of Magnolm grandiflora, of an enormous size ; Quercus 

 7^1ex, Quercus coccinea ; Cratae^gus Oxyacantha, monogyna, and 

 Crus-galli salicifolia ; Bignonm, Kolreuter/^, Fibtirnum cassi- 

 woides, Zamarix, Stercialia, Cercis, &c. The roses, trained as 

 espaliers on the walls, and almost covering the houses, are well 

 worthy of a stranger's notice. 



The promenade round Milan is very extensive, and contains 

 remarkably fine trees of Liriodendron, Sophora, Platanus, &c. 

 On both sides of the promenade are beautiful trees, trained as 

 espaliers. 



On the road to Pavia the rice fields are very remarkable. 

 These fields are entirely under water, which is supplied from 

 the canals on both sides of the road. 



Among the numerous gardens at Monza, the government 

 garden is certainly the most remarkable. The gardener's name 

 is Rossi. It is more like a nursery than a garden. He has 

 immense quantities of beautiful deciduous cypresses, partly in 



