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PRACTICE GARDENING. 



Past III. 



museum of natural history is contained (24), and of the hot-houses (23', and entrance- 

 gates (32). 



7332. The enirance to tfie garden is through a handsome iron railing Between lodges (1, and the der- 

 ation 32), opposite the bridge of Austerlitz (42). On the left is the menagerie, commencing with the fe- 

 rocious animals, in a long building, with wings and a fore court ; and next in order is a huml>er of small 

 irregular-shaped enclosures of pjisture, covered by trees, each devoted to one genus of animals, and con- 

 taining a building in the centre for their repose or shelter (2 and 3). Passing these we arrive at the 

 dwelling-houses of the professors of natural history; and the large amphitheatre (4, and elevation 2(1) 

 in which the lectures are given. Here is also the hot-house clepartment (7, and elevation 23), with 

 a sunk area in front for pots and frames ; a space called the seed-garden for raising seeds, and for 

 nursing them till they tlower. Adjoining is an artificial mount, crowned with a kiosque (.'5), which 

 overlooks, not only the whole garden, but great part of Paris; it contains a sundial, which, by means 

 of a lens, is contrived to discharge a cannon every day at noon. The museum of natural history 

 is a large building at the upper end of the garden, exactly opposite the entrance (6, and elevation 

 24-) ; it is separated by a handsome low wall and iron rails from the open garden, \yhich consists of 36 

 plots, enclosed by lattice-work from the walks, which are at all times open to the public. These 

 plots contain specimens of the mode of propagating all herbaceous vegetables, all trees and shrubs 

 (8) — a department which is particularly rich in sjiecimens of grafting and inarching {[)) ;. a large basin 

 for aquatics, and aquatic birds and reptiles, situated at the bottom of an excavation, more than ten 



