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l56 DESCRIPTION OF THE MUSEUM. 



vantage the garden of naturalization and that of 

 the seed-beds. From the green-house we descend 

 a small declivity, and by hollow paths regain the 

 spot from which we started. Each of the enclo- 

 sures is encircled by a trellis of different work- 

 manship ; and the alleys are shaded by trees equally 

 remarkable for their variety and their beauty. 



In this part of the establishment are assembled 

 all the foreign trees and shrubs which pass the 

 winter in the open air, and no where do we see 

 so great a number of species arrived at their full 

 dimensions. As they are nourished by a rich soil, 

 and carefully cultivated, their growth is surpris- 

 ingly rapid. They have all been planted since 

 1 797, but some of them had already attained a con- 

 siderable size, and only a few of their branches 

 were retrenched, in order to preserve their na- 

 tural appearance : they prove the inutility of lop- 

 ping trees that are to be transplanted ; a practice 

 censured by M. Thouin both in his writings and 

 lectures. 



As these trees are labelled we shall mention 

 only a few, deserving of notice for their rarity or 

 perfect vegetation. The paper mulberry, moras 

 papyracea, the first received in Europe, was sent 

 to the King's Garden by Sir Joseph Banks, who 

 brought it from Otaheite. After remaining a 

 long time in the seed-garden, where it suffered 



