The general collection of hardy plants is arranged accord- 

 ing to the Jussieuan method. There is a small pond for 

 aquatics, with stone divisions around the margin, calculated 

 to keep separate and to restrain the growth of the spread- 

 ing kinds. The whole pond is surrounded by a low hedge 

 of Rosa indica, even at this season covered with flowers, 

 and producing a very lively effect. The hot-house is of 

 clumsy construction, the roof being supported by huge 

 oaken beams, and the astragals being nearly as thick 

 as ordinary rafters. What a contrast with the light and 

 airy fabrics of Mr Loudon at Bayswatcr ! Mr Hay, 

 who is not guilty of raising slight structures, could not 

 help exclaiming, " Why, this is like ship-building. 1 " Some 

 of the plants, however, were good, and deserving of a 

 better habitation. Ficus Bengalensis or banyan-tree was 

 about ten feet high, and very healthy : it now shewed its 

 fruit, which we had never before seen. Dr A. L. Mar- 

 quis, author of " Fragmens de Philosophic Botanique, 1 '' is 

 Professor of Botany. He gives lectures, during the summer 

 half-year, from May to October, three times a-week, on 

 Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday, from 6 to 7 p. m. ; 

 and herborizations, conducted partly by him and partly by 

 M. JDubrueil, the chief gardener, take place every Tues- 

 day. In the lecture-room is hung up a very large carte 

 botanique (6 feet long by 4 in breadth), displaying at one 

 view, Jussieu's method as edited by Ventenat. The exte- 

 rior borders of the garden contain many excellent specimens 

 of shrubs, some of them remarkable for the size which they 

 have attained. Among these may be mentioned the snow- 

 drop-tree, Halesia tetraptera ; and the salt-tree, Robinia 

 halodendron. Celtis australis has here reached the dimen- 

 sions of a large tree. Upon inquiry, the gardener pointed 

 out to us the original plant of varin, — the hybridous pro- 

 duction between the common lilac, and an early-flowering 



