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Historical and Descriptive Account 



that the views cannot be fine or extensive : the only one which may be con- 

 sidered as picturesque is seen from the lower end of the garden, where you 

 have the pond with its island, on the right the conservatory, and on the 

 left the palm-house, overtopped with stately trees ; and between these, over 

 the green, a perspective view of the other houses, which form the back- 

 ground. 



The regulations for carrying on the work in the garden are admirable : every 

 j ourneyman has his allotted division of houses, or other work, with which he is 

 intrusted; and, according to the heaviness of his task, he receives a given num- 

 ber of apprentices, labourers, or boys, to assist him. This causes a sort of com- 

 petition, who shall cultivate and keep his ground in best order; and according 

 as any one distinguishes himself, so follows his promotion. The gardeners 

 have also formed themselves into a society, which meets once a week, to dis- 

 cuss points of gardening; one of the oldest of the members being chosen president. 

 They receive a copy of the Prussian Horticultural Societi/'s Transactions, and 

 Gardener^s Magazine, gratis. Attached to the establishment is a kitchen, with 

 servants for the cooking of victuals, and cleaning of the rooms ; every gardener 

 having his own private apartment, which is neatly furnished and fitted up. In 

 providing for the comfort of the gardener, much more attention and expense 

 are bestowed than in any other establishment which I have yet seen. 



The garden is open to the public on Wednesdays, and is much visited by 

 all classes of society, but especially by military men, who seem to be great 

 lovers of Flora in this country. Strangers and practical men are admitted at 

 all times. 



§ iii. List of Ferns cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden, Berlin, 1836; 

 arranged according to Linlc's Hortus Berolinensis. 



Order I. Hymenophy'lle^. 



1. Hymenophyllum tunbridgense 



Smith. 



2. Wilson? Hooker. 



Order 11. Polypodia^ce^. 



3. Davallia canariensis Swartz. 



4. pyxidata Cavan. 



5. divaricata Schlechtendhal. 



6. Cibotium Schiedei Schlechtendahl. 



7. Dickscnw adiantoides Willd. 



8. rubiginosa Kaulf. 



9. pilosiuscula Willd. 



10. aculeata Spi-eng. 



11. Balantium glaucescens Kunze. 



12. Jdiantum reniforme Linn. 



13. pedatum Linn. 



14. curvatum Kaulf. 



15. brasiliense Raddi. 



16. fructuosum. 



17. pentadactylum Langsd. et 



Fischer. 



18. trapeziforme Linn. 



19. pubescens Schkuhr. 



20. formosum Link. 



21. Capillus- Veneris Linn. 



22. aethiopicum Linii. 



23. assimile Swartz. 



24. cuneatum Langsd. it Fischer. 

 23. concinnum Willd. 



26. ^diantum glandulfferum Link. 



27. sulphureum Kaulf. 



28. Pteris longifolia Linn. 



29. costata BortJ. 



30. grandifolia Linn. 



31. falcata Brown. 



32. argentea Langsd. et Fischer. 



33. pedata Linn. 



34. cretica lAnn. 



35. stenophylla Hook, et Grev. 



36. denticulata Sivarlz. 



37. serrulata Linn. 



38. spinulosa Link. 



39. crenata Swartz. 



40. atropurpurea Li)in. 



41. tevn'iidVia Cavanill. 



42. calomelanos Liiik. 

 4.3. hastata Swartz. 



44. cordata Cavanill. 



45. nemoralis Willd. 



46. biaurita Linn. 



47. lata Kaulf. 



48. sulcata l)r. Met/en. 

 49- argiita Vahl. 



50. decurrens Raddi. 



51. polita Li7ik. 



52. defiexa Link. 



53. a'.Iosora Link. 



54. pallida Raddi. 



55. macroptera Li?tk. 



