28 HISTORY OF THE MUSEUM. 



third, containing the preparations of anatomy 

 which were not exposed to public view : the 

 herbarium was in the apartment of the demon- 

 strator of botany : the garden, which was limited 

 to the present nursery on the eastern side , to 

 the green-house on the north , and the galleries of 

 natural history on the west, still presented empty 

 spaces , and contained neither avenues nor regu- 

 lar plantations. 



Buff on first directed his attention to the in- 

 creasing of the collections , and to the providing 

 of more commodious places for their reception. 

 They were arranged in two large rooms of the 

 building which contains the present galleries , 

 which was formerly the dwelling house of 

 the intendant ; and soon after , were opened 

 to the public on appointed days. 



He next occupied himsef in the embellishment 

 of the garden. Having cut down an old avenue 

 which did not correspond with the principal 

 gate , he replaced it in 1740 by one of lime trees 

 in the proper direction ; and planted another 

 parallel on the other side of the parterre. These 

 avenues , which have existed for eighty years , 

 terminate towards the extremity of the nursery , 

 and mark the limits of the garden at that pe- 

 riod : they were afterwards continued when 

 new ground was taken in. 



