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of Rugen is generally loamy ; so that there is a great difference 

 in the vegetation there from that on the Continent. The botanic 

 garden at Greiswald is small : there are few green-house plants, 

 and much improvement is wanted. 



After my return, I also made a journey through all Silesia, 

 and found the only garden that was worth mentioning at Cara- 

 late. M. Kleeman, the head gardener, has rendered himself 

 celebrated by applying liquid manure to orange trees, which, 

 when used with prudence, is always successful. The garden is 

 small, but it is situated on a mountain, and has a beautiful view 

 of the village. The orangery, and a tolerably large collection of 

 ericas, are worthy of notice. 



The promenades round Breslau are beautifully laid out. The 

 small well-formed squares (platze) are not overcrowded with 

 trees and shrubs; anil one garden has a most beautiful view of 

 the Oder. The botanic garden at Breslau (the gardener's name 

 is Leebig) has, for some years, been much improved : the plants 

 look well, but the collection is not valuable enough to deserve 

 notice. From the situation of the garden, and the abundance 

 of water, it might easily be made very beautiful, if laid out with 

 taste. Professor Nees von Esenbeck is a most suitable person to 

 improve it. 



From Breslau I went to Neiss, and to the celebrated Johan- 

 nisberg. The castle and garden lie very high on a mountain, and 

 there is a most delightful view from it. The pine-apple and 

 plum forcing-houses are in a very bad condition; but the orchard 

 is somewhat better. From the latter place we went up some 

 small mountains, called Heuscheuer, on which there are high 

 rocks lying on each other ; on the top of which I found the fol- 

 lowing plants, which had been planted there : — Z)aphne Me- 

 zereum, J'^cer jslatanoides, Lonicerar, i^raxinus, and jB^tula, which 

 looked well. Not far from there lies the celebrated Cidova, 

 which is a better bathing-place than those mentioned in p. 9. 

 There is a good garden here, but it might be improved. In 

 Silesia there are very few gardens : there are some at Fiirstenstein, 

 Attwasser, &c., to which nature has done more than art. 



Not far from Schmiedeberg lies the village of Fischbals, which 

 belongs to Prince William of Prussia. The castle is surrounded 

 by a garden, which is charmingly situated, and which might be 

 made the most beautiful in all Silesia. At Logarl is M. Pfen- 

 ning's celebrated nursery : the trees and shrubs are all in good 

 order. 



The love of gardening increases every day more and more in 

 Silesia, particularly in Upper Silesia. As soon as the people 

 know the easiest and cheapest way to set about improving their 

 gardens, they will do so, as the love of gardening is already 



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