THE GARDEN. lfi 



remarkable species which was not known till 

 it bloomed two years ago in the King's Gar- 

 den. The trees transplanted to the opposite side 

 of the garden, have been grafted in different 

 ways, and abandoned to their natural growth. 

 Among them arc the double flowering cherry, 

 cerasus sylvesiris Jlore pleno, the sweet-scented 

 crab-apple, malus coronaria, the Chinese apple, 

 malus spectabilis, and a Chinese quince, described 

 and figured by M. Thouin, in the 9th. vol. of the 

 Annals of the Museum, when it bloomed for the 

 first time in 181 1. This enclosure is sheltered 

 towards the quay by a tall hedge of the Chinese 

 arborvitae, thuja orientalis, and is bounded on the 

 west by an avenue of Judas trees, cercls sili- 

 quastruni) which is the most beautiful of the gar- 

 den, in the beginning of May, when the branches, 

 still destitute of foliage, are covered with innu- 

 merable clusters of purple flowers. 



Returning by the terrace to the gate, we see 

 in front a narrow alley extending to the basin, 

 and on the right and left parterres improved by 

 different species of culture. The four first con- 

 tain medicinal plants for the poor, arranged in 

 beds properly labelled for the convenience of 

 herbarists and students in pharmacy and medi- 

 cine. Two of these squares are assigned to in- 

 digenous plants, and two to exotics. Among the 



