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lectures. The most delightful views are seen of the whole neigh- 

 bourhood from the Kreutz Mountain ; and there is a chapel on 

 this elevated spot, with beautiful marble steps, and a vault con- 

 taining the undecayed bodies of several monks. It may be in- 

 teresting to musicians to know that Beethoven was born here. 



The Botanic Garden at Cologne (the birthplace of Rubens), 

 under the direction of M. Greis (who has also the management 

 of the gardens and nursery that belong to the city), is well 

 laid out, and contains all the plants that are necessary for the 

 studies of the young botanist; and, although but a small sum 

 is allov/ed for the expenses of the garden, yet, by the parti- 

 cular attention of M. Greis, it is kept yery clean, and. in good 

 order. 



The nursery which belongs to the city is worthy of great, I 

 may say of the greatest, consideration ; as from its commence- 

 ment it has received the most powerful assistance from the ma- 

 gistrates, to aid its directors in attaining the object in view : and 

 it now possesses one of the richest collections of North American 

 trees and shrubs in Germany ; plants desirable, not only for 

 their beauty in landscape scenery, but for their utility. I had 

 the pleasure of conversing with M. Greis, and concluded from 

 his conversation, that his whole attention has been long directed 

 to the trying of all the newest and most beautiful sorts of North 

 American trees and shrubs in the open air ; and, from what I 

 saw and heard, his object is fully attained. I found here a great 

 many of the following trees and shrubs standing the open air, 

 which in other parts of Germany they unnecessarily grow in 

 pots: — 20 sorts of magnolias, Berberis aristata; Mahonm repens, 

 M-'^quifolium, and M. fascicularis; Gordonz'fl! Lasianthus,and G. 

 pubescens; /^lex ^quifolium, and all its varieties: /. balearica, 

 /. OTyrtifcMia, /. serrata, and/, opaca ; Aristotelm Mdcqui; tTlex 

 europae^a, U. e. fl. pi., and U. stricta ; Acacia JuUbrissin, Photinia 

 serrulata, Cerasus Laurocerasus, i?osa Banks?'^; Rlbes sangui- 

 neum, and R. speciosum; Aucuba '^2L^omca', Gaultherm prociim- 

 bens, and G. Shallon ; 16 sorts of andromedas ; Lyon/a pani- 

 culata, and L. salicifolia ; Clethra alnifcMia, C acuminata, C. 

 MichauxzY, C. paniculata, C. scabra, and C. tomentosa; 27 

 sorts of rhododendrons, and several sorts of azaleas; Z/cdum 

 latifolium, Fontanesm johillyrebides ; Phillyrea angustifolia, lati- 

 f'olia, and media ; Z/igustrum lucidum ; iaiirus Benzbiii, and 

 Sassafras; 5uxus balearica, i^icus Carica, Madura aurantiaca; 

 Pinus Douglas/, and P. halepensis ; Cedrus Libani, and Yi'icca 

 filamentosa. 



The nursery is situated in the neighbourhood of Cologne, on 

 a piece of ground containing about 45 acres, perfectly flat, and 

 unprotected from the weather; the soil is such, that the young 

 plants grow pretty well, and are not stunted in their appearance. 



