Foreign Notices : — Germany. 54)1 



GERMANY. 



Botanic Garden of Berlin. — In the limited space of the botanic garden at 

 Berhn, there are cultivated in the open air between 1300 and 1600 hardy 

 trees and shrubs. In the oldest part of the garden, there are, at present, but a 

 few specimens to be seen, and these consist of Pinus AS'trobus, Taxodium dis- 

 tichum, and ^'Inus incana. In 1801, there were several large and beautiful 

 specimens in this part of the garden, of considerable height and diameter, con- 

 sisting of Liriodendron, Platanus, Liquidambar styraciflua, Jiiglans Peccan, 

 and several others, which, however, suffered so much from alternate moisture 

 and frost, that they completely died off. Most of the trees and shrubs which 

 are now in the garden have not been planted above thirty years, and the prin- 

 cipal part since 1810. As the garden is in an open space, it is exposed to 

 storms ; but, as the soil consists only of light sand and moist peat, the trees 

 grow well in it, and have considerably increased in size in the course of a few 

 years. We have, in the garden, specimens of Magnolia acuminata, from 

 20 ft. to 30 ft. high ; the North AmericanJ^Querci and ^'sculi, the Sophora 

 japonica, seven ^etulas, Corylus Colurnaj Juglans/raxinifolia, pterocarpa, ci- 

 nerea, nigra, &c.; Carya sulcata, alba, amara, porcina; all the species of Pla- 

 tanus ; Populus ^etulifolia, grandidentata, monilifera, nigra, and several others; 

 Aildntus glandulosa, Taxodium distichum, A^cev eriocarpum and saccharinum, 

 Gleditschia, ilfespilus, Pyrus, Catalpa ; several species of American i^raxinus, 

 as F. expansa, epiptera, andjuglandifolia, which already afford protection and 

 shade to the more tender and delicate trees and shrubs, and which have 

 attained the height of from 30 ft. to 40 ft. The clumps consist of Planera 

 Richardz and Gmelinz; Pavi« riibra, carnea, hjbrida, and flavaj Virgllia lutea; 

 Halisia tetraptera, parviflora, and diptera; Tflia americana, laxiflora, alba, 

 heterophjlla, &c. ; Cytisus alpinus, Robim'a, Caragdna, Morns, Castanea ame- 

 ricana, O'strya virginica, 6'arpinus americana and orientalis ; i^raxinus ameri- 

 cana, pubescens, viridis, alba, pallida, verrucosa, heterophylla, and other kinds 

 of the same genus ; Carya olivseformis ; Populus trepida, heterophjlla, laevi- 

 gata, candicans, and balsamifera; ^^cer tataricum, monspessulanum, monta- 

 num ; Gymndcladus canadensis, and several others. In these clumps there 

 are also some of the larger kind of shrubs, as £'laeagnus, Cornus florida, &c. ; 

 Fiburnum Oxycoccus, Tamarix germanica, jEudnymus americana and angusti- 

 folia ; all the rhuses ; several species of Pyrus, Primus, Jmygdalus, Cerasus, 

 -Mespilus, Broussonetia papyrlfera, Xanthoxylum yVaxlneum, &c. The 

 smaller shrubs form the outer part of the clumps, which are near the prin- 

 cipal walks, and partly consist of the following species: — Chionanthus vir- 

 ginica and maritima, Syringa Josikae^a, ^laeagnus argentea and orientalis; 

 Lonlcera ciliata, villosa, iberica, microphylla, hispida, and Pallaszi; Phamnus 

 Erythroxylon, dahiiricus, and pusillus, &c. ; jEuonymus nanus, sarmentosus, 

 obovatus, &c. ; Ribes sangulneum, resinosum, floridum, tenuiflorum, and 

 aureum ; Berberis canadensis, daurica, cretica, &c. ; Z/aurus Benzoiri^ Paviat 

 macrostachya, Ciethra alnifolia and acuminata, Styrax, Halesia diptera, Spi- 

 rse^a ; Philadelphus gracilis, inodorus, grandifiorus, hirsutus, &c. ; ^mygdalus 

 incana, pedunculata, and sibirica; Pyrus sinensis and piibens, Prunus Coco- 

 viilla and candicans, Cerasus persicifolia and depressa, and a multitude of 

 iEosaceae, Calycanthus, G^enista, Cytisus Pelden/i, wolgaricus, caucasicus, 

 purpiireus, uralensis; Amorpha; Caragdna Altagdna, Chamldgu, and Redowski; 

 Halimodendron argenteum ; several species of Colutea ; Corylus heterophjlla, 

 Shepherdia canadensis and argentea ; ^ipp6phae salicifolia, and Coriaria myx- 

 tifolia. 



All the above-mentioned plants require no particular protection from the 

 cold, and stand in the open air without any covering. 



Many of the principal trees stand in the open air on the lawn ; viz. Quer- 

 cus coccinea, discolor, palustris, and rubra; Liriodendron, i'Yaxinus, and 

 Juglans; all of a considerable height, and from twenty to thirty years old. 

 From measuriement, the diameter is I ft., and the height from 25 ft. to 30 ft. 



