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small adjoining apartment. Those were, lor a long time, 

 highly valued ; but the general diffusion of the fine models 

 of the same wonderful scenery, executed in papier machc 

 by Troye (now of Frith Street, Sobo, London), has lessen- 

 ed their interest. 



Schnecvogtfs Bloemistry. 

 Leaving these museums, we again bent our steps to the 

 region of bloemistries, near the Wood of Haarlem. Ha- 

 ving formerly remarked, in the bay-window of a bulb-shop, 

 several plants of the red-leaved ananas, commonly de- 

 nominated " Bloody Pine-apple, r> and regarding this as pro- 

 bably indicative of the general superiority of the collection 

 in the wareroom, as well as in the grounds connected with 

 it, we were anxious to explore both. Although we entered 

 Avithout the slightest introduction, we were politely received 

 by Mr Schneevogt, formerly a partner of Mr Voorhelm ; 

 and as soon as he perceived that we possessed some know- 

 ledge of plants and fruits, and took an interest in his collec- 

 tion, he invited us to inspect the whole, and gave us every 

 explanation we required. 



This seemed to us to be one of the most extensive and 

 best managed flower-gardens of Haarlem. In some of the 

 others which we had visited, there was an appearance of 

 narrowness or poverty ; but here all the arrangements were 

 on a liberal scale. The flower-bulbs were exceedingly nu- 

 merous, and were to be seen almost at one view in a hand- 

 some store-room. The glazed houses and frames were 

 neatly kept ; there was, however, nothing peculiar in their 

 structure, excepting that, in the hot-house, the covers of 

 the fl ues were of iron. 



There is here a large collection of the bloody pine-apple 

 already mentioned, a variety not of very usual occurrence. 



