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a part of one of the streets. All of these additional palaces 

 are maintained by the Orange Family, who thus, we should 

 think imprudently, identify themselves, in such matters, 

 with the late government. 



Dutch Garden in the Old Style. 



Sept. 4. — This morning we paid a visit to the Zyde-baan 

 or silk-manufactory of Mr Seterveldt, beyond the Amster- 

 dam gate, on the banks of the canal by which we yesterday 

 entered Utrecht. According to the best information we 

 could procure, Mr Seterveldt's garden, immediately ad- 

 joining the manufactory, affords the most characteristic speci- 

 men now remaining in Holland of the old style of gar- 

 dening, which was in so high repute two centuries ago, 

 and which, with some modifications, continued in vogue 

 among the Dutch till within the last forty years. This 

 old garden was the principal object of our curiosity ; but 

 we were first invited to inspect the manufactory. Our 

 guide informed us, that the owner resides at Amsterdam, 

 and added in a whisper, that the silk-business goes on very 

 dully. As far, indeed, as we could observe, the only em- 

 ployment for the extensive machinery at this time, was 

 the throwing of some unbleached silk for officers'* epaulets. 



On entering the grounds, we found that, though rather 

 narrow, yet they stretched out to a considerable length, and 

 were sufficiently extensive, to obviate the common, and in 

 Holland generally well founded, reproach of scanty limits ; 

 but we were disappointed on perceiving that they were not 

 kept in that trim order for which Dutch gardens are usually 

 remarkable. The large divisions of the garden are made by 

 tall and thick hedges of beech, hornbeam and oak, variously 

 shaped, having been tied to frames, and thus trained, with 

 the aid of the shears, to the desired form. The smaller 



