t)6 HORTICULTURAL TOUR. 



tioned both on the outside and inside of the church, this pre- 

 caution being deemed necessary for the security of Protes- 

 tant worshippers ; for the zeal of the Flemish priests greatly 

 surpasses that of the French, and sometimes approaches, 

 we understand, to the furious bigotry of the Portuguese. 



Flower-Market, <fyc. 



We remarked that the flower-market was much better 

 supplied to-day, than it had been on former occasions when 

 we passed through it. In the morning, indeed, some fine 

 specimens in flower-pots appeared on the stalls, or in hand- 

 carts called brouettes : these were chiefly geraniums of dif- 

 ferent kinds, carnations, tuberoses, double Indian-cress, 

 and plants belonging to the genera Begonia, Fuchsia, Ne- 

 rium and Crassula. Bouquets for sale were numerous and 

 showy, — it being a common practice here to carry a flower 

 to church or the promenade. 



Mr Van Cassel is the principal nurseryman at Ghent ; 

 but around the city are established a number of gardeners 

 who send plants to the flower-market, who raise fruit and 

 forest trees for sale, and who also dispose of the fruit pro- 

 duced in their gardens and orchards. Among these may 

 be mentioned, MM. Woestyn, Beque, Bauwens, Papelen, 

 Verdonque, and Spae. In the course of our walk to-day, 

 we entered the premisses of this last cultivator. 



Spae?s Garden and Nurseries. 



The number of fruit-trees in full bearing we found to 

 be very considerable. There were, however, as far as we 

 could ascertain, no new kinds possessed of merit. The collec- 

 tion of rhododendrons, azaleas and kalmias, was considerable, 

 particularly if the size of the plants be taken into account. 

 Accidental varieties of common shrubs or trees, having the 



