l5o DESCRIPTION OF THE MUSEUM. 



they are not as in their native soil covered during 

 the winter with snow. 



Ey the side of the orangery is a small enclosure 

 sheltered on the north and west, containing hot- 

 beds and frames for such delicate plants as are 

 multiplied by slips. 



On leaving the garden of the orangery, we 

 find ourselves near the slope conducting to the 

 two hills. 



The labyrinth, so called from its numerous 

 intricate paths, is of a conical shape. On the 

 ascent we observe a cedar of Lebanon, which 

 yields a profusion of seeds every year, and is the 

 oldest stock in France. When Bernard de Jus- 

 sieu visited England with du Fay in 1784, Col- 

 linson, a wealthy physician of the society of 

 friends and a lover of botany, who had received 

 a cone from mount Lebanon, presented him with 

 two plants a few inches in height. They were 

 cultivated with the utmost care: one of them 

 placed in the old botanic garden, no longer exists ; 

 the other is the majestic tree which spreads its 

 branches at the foot of the labyrinth, and whose 

 offspring people the pleasure grounds of France. 

 It would have attained a still loftier stature, if the 

 summit had not been accidentally broken : it is 

 well known that trees of this class increase from 

 the end of the branches, and that when the shaft 



