alimentary plants, the blue those used_in. the arts,,the Pests) ornas 
mental, and the black poisonous plants. 
“The Cedar of Lebanon planted on an artificial mound has. grown 
considerably since I had last seen it four years ago; the superficial roots, 
which had been nearly worn through by the feet of multitudes who 
ascend the eminence to get a view, of Paris, were covered, and. other 
protection given to this Cedar, by an English physician (Collison ot in. 
{734 ; it was planted by the elder Jussieu. 
The amphitheatre will hold 1200 persons, the lectures are numerous 
and gratuitous ; last year upwards of 2000. students attended. these 
lectures. ) 
A botanic garden cannot be made ornamental ; Greate ac renders, 
it, imperative to observe order without reference to effect... Plants 
in juxta-position flower at different. periods, hence there. must always, 
be gaps or blanks during the interregnum. In the Jardin des Plantes. 
Monsieur Louis Neumann has done all that. is possible to incorpor ate, 
the rigidly botanical department with beds of brilliant flowers in masses. 
so grand that the most obtuse spectator gazes in wonder at the tropical. 
glow of all bright hues, blended in beds of Pzeonies, Hydrangeas, 
Poppies, Salvias, M arigolds, Petunias, Convolvuli, and many other gay, 
and free- flowering plants, in quantity that arrests attention and leaves. 
on the mind an impression which, like certain. strains of music, cling. 
lovingly to our memory, like cherished recollections. 
~ Colour is a source of delight which we do not recognise SO distnely 
as we do the sweet sounds of music or, perfect form in sculpture ; yet... 
colour is in a manifold degree a more potent agent in all that we desig, 
nate as beautiful. Discords in colour are quite as disturbing to the: 
eye as discords in sound are to the ear; there are rules for avoiding ; 
these errors. A right appreciation of what is beautiful and true does; 
not depend on scientific rules—rules which it is honourable to learn and. 
important to study, yet let the unlearned take courage; consider what. 
arrangement is most agreeable, try experiments, and that correct taste 
which will influence all beholders will be his reward, 
The Hotel de Cluny and its precious contents have long been a great, 
attraction to strangers; it is now rendered eminently so, even less for) 
its valuable ane era oF middle-age rarities than for its choe garden. : 
Four years ago the ground now ‘planted with tall trees, and rich. in, 
brilliant flowers, was a mere rubbish depot—a place ‘of refuse for 
sculptured, stones that proved too heavy for the interior—or mutilated... 
statues, unsuitable for a saloon, but most admirably adapted to the.. 
decoration of a museum in the open air, for such we may properly, 
designate the garden of the Hotel Cluny. Willows, all the varieties of 
Cypress, and Acacias, have been most skilfully combined with historical. 
fragments of old religious houses or churches which have gone to decay. . 
or have been swept from the face of the earth by that clearance which 
- like a ploughshare is driven in direct lines, letting light and air into, 
districts of Paris which have. hitherto been gloomy, obscure, and. 
unhealthy. Such is the newly purged Boulevard de Sebastopol, which 
when finished will be one of the finest streets in Europe. ... 
In the earn of the Hotel de Cluny Acanthus and. every variety a 
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