tinction of persons, and without any fee to the gardener. In fact, fees to gardeners are almost unknown on the Continent; A curious description of boat (figs. 100. to 102.), the invention of M. Baader, is used on the waters of the gardens at Nymphenburg during the summer season. 6 9 ft. It consists of two small boats (a), on which a platform is fixed (b); and on this platform a chair may be placed, in which a person may sit, and read, or angle, or shoot; and either float about as the wind may direct, or guide himself by working with his feet the two paddles marked c. The architecture of the palace of Nymphenburg is by no means proportionate to the magnificence of the gardens; but, we believe, it is more intended as a simple country house, than as a splendid regal residence. In the view of the entrance front (fig. 104.), and in the plan (fig. 99.), the multitude of parts into which this palace and its dependent buildings are divided, give the whole more the air of a market-place surrounded by dwellings, than of a palace residence in the country. This impression, however, is counteracted by the trees, the long canal, and the grandeur of the jets d'eau. |