l86 DESCRIPTION OF THE MUSEUM. 



in the building, presents a splendid picture from 

 the avenue of horse-chesnuts. Along the wall 

 of this terrace is a line of eight hot-beds with 

 glazed frames of iron for the seeds of warm cli- 

 mates, and a small hot-house in the middle (i) ; 

 below, is another line with frames of stone for 

 the bulbous and tuberous plants of the Cape of 

 Good Hope and similar climates, which are 

 covered with glass only in the winter ; and at 

 the extremity of the two, a second flight of steps 

 to the terrace. 



In front of the last division are two rows of 

 simple beds 6 feet wide, i5o feet long and i feet 

 and a half deep when newly made, but only 

 10 inches when settled, for the seeds of the tem- 

 perate zone, containing 5,ooo pots arranged in 

 conformity with the numbers in the gardener's 

 catalogue : a part of these beds are sometimes 

 covered with glazed frames. In the opposite di- 

 rection, extending from north to south, are thirty- 

 seven other beds of unequal length and 5 feel 

 in breadth, of w r hich the first twenty-nine are 

 destined for annual plants which arrive at matu 



(1) This hot-house belonged to the underlibrarian, M. Delaunay, a 

 yery learned amateur, and author of a well known book entitled The 

 Good Gardener's Almanack. At his death it was purchased by the 

 Museum, and it is now employed for raising the plants of New Holland 

 and the Cape, which require a temperature above that of the green- 

 house, 



