204 DESCRIPTION OF THE MUSEUM. 



phylla, large leaved fig-tree, which the gardener, 

 Riedle found while at Timor, and recommended 

 on his death bed to the companions of his voyage. 

 This hot-house is constantly kept at the tempera- 

 ture of 59° of Fahrenheit. 



The second part, called Baudin's hot-house, 

 constructed in 1798 for the plants brought home 

 by Riedle, who accompanied that officer to the 

 West Indies, is appropriated to the shrubs and 

 smaller vegetables of the tropicks. It is some- 

 what larger than the former, being i/±o feet 

 long, 9 and a half wide, and 11 in height; 

 and is heated by three stoves. Slips are here 

 reared under sashes, and the most curious 

 herbaceous plants are cultivated, with infant 

 shrubs which are afterwards removed to the 

 division above. The plants are ranged on the 

 sides instead of occupying the middle. Along 

 the windows in front is a shelf for the liliacece, 

 the iridece and the orchidece, which require a 

 strong light; and below, a bed of bark 1 5 inches 

 deep for slips, and for pots containing the 

 smaller plants of the torrid zone : on the other 

 side is a similar shelf, and stages for plants and 

 shrubs of larger growth. 



We may here remark the xylophiila, a singular 

 shrub, whose numerous flowers are situated in 

 the indentations of the leaves ; the crinum and 



