1 38 DESCRIPTION OF THE MUSEUM. 



Linnaeus, in memory of the person by whom it 

 was introduced. Near the same spot there was 

 formerly a superb horse-chesnut, planted in i656, 

 and at that time the only individual, except one, 

 in France; it perished in the winter 1766-67, 

 after furnishing the seeds of almost all that now 

 adorn our parks. 



The two squares opposite the basin and a little 

 above it, were in Tournefort's time a systematic 

 plantation of trees and shrubs : when the botanic 

 garden was renewed by M. de Jussieu, such trees 

 as could not easily be procured were trans- 

 planted, and others were substituted in their 

 room; but those which remain still recall the 

 method of Tournefort. We may particularly 

 notice a juniper (juniperus excelsa, Marsch.) 

 4o feet in height, and i5 from the ground to the 

 first ramification, which was brought from the 

 Levant and planted by Tournefort. This male 

 stock is probably the only example of the species 

 in France. Its leaves crushed between the fin- 

 gers emit a pungent odour. 



At the extremity of this square is a coffee- 

 house , Avhere refreshments are tasted beneath 

 the shade. Beyond are three squares enclosed 

 by a trellis, which during the life of Buff on were 

 a neglected copse, and which have been culti- 

 vated within these few years by M. Thouin. 



