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The garden under the direction of M. Lehman is valuable on 

 account of its vegetables. 



From Dresden I vpent to Leipsig, where the parks round the 

 city are particularly tastefully laid out : the part near the water 

 is also very well planned. Amongst the nurserymen, M. Breiten 

 deserves particular notice; he has a valuable collection of cactuses ; 

 and, as he spares no trouble to get the newest sorts, it is expected 

 that he will soon have the largest collection in Germany. In 

 the plantations at Thavant there are some very pretty shrubs, 

 but they are far from being what they should be. 



From Leipsig I went to Tetshe, where there is a very fine 

 garden ; it belongs to Count Thun of Hohenstein, His pine- 

 apples and forced kidneybeans were particularly remarkable. 

 Hence I now travelled over the mountainous country of Swiss 

 Saxony, and arrived at Toplitz, a bathing-place, which has a 

 very beautiful garden : it cannot be called badly laid out, but it 

 might, by a practical man, be much improved. This garden 

 has a very good collection of trees and shrubs, and the situation 

 is extremely fine. 



I then vv'ent to Carlsbad, Eger, and Marienbad. The public 

 walks and gardens of these bathing- places are not remarkable. 

 Near Marienberg lies the country seat of Prince Metternich : 

 it has a very large garden, quite new, which is situated on a hill, 

 and has a fine view. One of the most important gardens at 

 Prague is that of Prince Kinsky. This garden is situated on an 

 artificial hill, which must have cost an immense sum of money : 

 the garden is not so good as might be expected. Count Salm 

 has the best collection of green-house plants in Germany, and 

 the best method of propagating ericas, epacris, &c. 



I went from Vienna to Bruck on the Leytha, where I was 

 astonished to see such a beautiful garden ; and it is the only one 

 I have seen which is perfect in every part. It is very unfor- 

 tunately situated, and the gardener has had a great many diffi- 

 culties to overcome. Its situation is not only bad with respect to 

 prospect, but the river Leytha, which runs through it, overflows 

 its banks every summer. I found in this garden some most 

 magnificent North American trees and shrubs, the remarkably 

 vigorous growth of which was probably owing to the loamy de- 

 posit (6 in. or 9 in. deep) which the water leaves every year. I 

 also saw the Nelumbium speciosum in such quantities as to be 

 thought of little value; M. Wancke having, for a long time, 

 bestowed so much care on these plants, that every seedling 

 flowers once in two years. 



From Bruck I went, by Presburg and Raab, to Pesth and 

 Buda; but I had not time to see the gardens there. On my 

 road I passed by Eisenstadt, and found a garden which has par- 

 ticularly good green-house plants. From the large specimens I 



