The range of stoves and green-houses in the botanic garden at Nymphenburg (fig. 103.) is very substantial, with opaque roofs; and the interiors are remarkably well finished, and heated by German stoves, concealed among the plants, and supplied with fuel from the sheds behind. The collection of palms in the stove, in November, 1828, consisted of about 70 species, all large plants, recently procured from Holland. The catalogue of the open garden, published in 1826, by Sterler, contains upwards of 3000 species of herbaceous plants.

The royal château of Berg, on the lake of Würmsee, is a private summer retreat of the king's, on the nearest hilly and picturesque ground to Munich. The house is nothing; but the grounds, which occupy 200 acres, are hilly, irregular, rocky, bordered by an immense lake, and very picturesque. The groundwork of the wood was the remains of a forest, composed chiefly of beech, hornbeam, and spruce fir. This wood Louis Sckell has judiciously enriched, and distinguished from the common woody scenery of that country, by the introduction of a number of exotics; and he has displayed the whole to the greatest advantage, by walks, by baring the rocks in some places, by deepening the glades in others, and by shutting out or exposing to view exterior objects, as the effect might require. The cherry is the only fruit tree that will thrive here as a standard, so severe are the winters. The walks are made of calcareous tuffa; and, being brimful, of a brownish colour, and firmly rolled, become as hard as solid stone, and in appearance are only inferior to Kensington gravel. This tuffa, which is the deposition of the limestone of the country, is perfectly soft when taken out of the quarry; but it very soon afterwards becomes hard: it is put upon the walks in a state of powder, only six or eight inches thick, and immediately rolled. As many of the walks at Würmsee are on very steep surfaces,

were it not for the description of material of which they are composed, they would be constantly washed down by the rains. So formed, they scarcely ever require either weeding or future repair.

The château of Baron Eichthal, at Ebersberg, is more remarkable for being the residence of a distinguished Bavarian patriot, who has introduced Scottish agriculture on his estate, than for its gardening. The situation, however, is of singular grandeur and beauty. The château is placed on an elevated platform, on one side of a basin, which has once been a lake, but which is now covered with fertile fields, and surrounded by hills, partially wooded, having one outlet by a valley, in the extreme distance of which is seen Hohenlinden, the site of the famous battle of that name. A plan (fig. 105.) for laying out a pleasure-ground in front of the château was formed, in 1824, by Charles Sckell; and, as it is instructive, as illustrating his manner, we shall submit it with its details:

The following numbers indicate the kinds, and the dis

position, of the trees and shrubs :

1, Fráxinus excélsior.

2, Acer Pseudo-Plátanus.

3, Rosa centifolia.

4, Syringa persica.

5, Pópulus itálica.

6, Prunus Pàdus. 7, Acer Negúndo. 8, Pópulus canadensis. 9, Spiræ a opulifolia. 10, Spire a crenata. 11, Syringa vulgàris.

12, Robinia Pseùd-Acàcia.

13, Pópulus cándicans. 14, Prunus Mahàleb.

15, Acer dasycarpum.

The garden and grounds of Count Monteglas, at Bogenhausen, near Munich (fig. 106.), are partly situated on a

piece of alluvial soil, left by the Iser, and partly on a high bank. There is no house; but when Louis Sckell laid out the grounds, he did so with a view to a situation, on which it is supposed the son of the present count will build. In the mean time, the kitchen-garden and forcing-ground here are the most celebrated of the private gardens about Munich for showy flowers. Pine-apples are also grown in considerable quantity, and every description of forcing is practised. There is a good collection of orange and lemon trees; two hundred sorts of Pelargonium; five species and twenty varieties of Cinerària; a genus which seems to sport here as much as Brassica or Georgina. Bulbs are forced very early in this garden; and Iris chinénsis is much valued for the same purpose. Knoll, or bulbous-rooted, celery is grown here and in the other kitchen-gardens about Munich, to the utter exclusion of the common celery. Mignonette is grown, throughout the winter, in pits; and also Ibèris umbellata, which, when turned out of the pots, in spring, attains a large size in the open border. There are seventeen sorts of Chrysánthemum sinense, eighty sorts of stocks, and a number of varieties of China roses. Among the conspicuous plants of the green-house are Lavándula multífida and Leonotis Leonùrus. The fruit trees here are all named; and, every autumn, their stems are rubbed over with tallow mixed with bruised gunpowder, which is found to keep away the hares. Count Monteglas, though at present not in favour at court, is considered the regenerator of Bavaria; having, after the breaking out of the French revolution, been the first German minister who induced his government to abolish monastic institutions, and to appropriate the estates belonging to them to the use of the government, and for the maintenance of a national system of education; and also to establish a representative system of government. We brought home with us an excellent portrait of this enlightened and benevolent nobleman.

The garden of the Prince of Tour and Taxis, at Ratisbon, is laid out in what is there considered the English manner, and is not without some agreeable glades and points of view. There is a handsome pavilion, as a substitute for a mansion, with two wings, which serve at the same time as apartments for receiving company, giving fêtes, and preserving plants. One of these wings is heated to the temperature of the tropics, and contains palms, scitamineous plants, the bamboo, orchideous epiphytes, &c.; the other contains orange trees, camellias, and Chinese, Japan, Cape, and Australian plants. On entering the grounds, a board, elevated on a post, invites all to enter and enjoy themselves who

come without dogs, and who are lovers and friends of nature. On the whole, these grounds may be considered as a delightful public garden for the inhabitants of Ratisbon.

The gardens of Baron Wohnlich, at Augsburg, are not extensive, but they contain a considerable variety in the disposition of the parts, and in the trees and shrubs. There is also a collection of Cape and Australian plants, and some good orange trees.

The gardens of Madame Heppe, at Nuremburg, are the richest in Bavaria in botanical interest, next to those of the king, at Munich. They contain only five or six acres, but these are full of fine plants. Madame Heppe, who is a lady of considerable wealth, devotes the whole of her time, and the greater part of her fortune, to botany and gardening. She has seen all the principal gardens on the Continent, and makes annual excursions to wherever she hears there is any chance of procuring an addition to her collection. The garden is laid out in the regular style; and contains, besides botanical collections, in the open ground, spaces devoted to showy flowers, collections of fruit trees, culinary vegetables, a hop-ground, two large green-houses, a large stove, numerous pits and frames, and the upper part of a house for the preservation of plants of rosemary, which is the only garden article sold by Madame Heppe, and for which there is a great demand in Nuremburg, during the winter season, for religious purposes. We observed here a good collection of gooseberries, a thing rare in Germany; and an arcade of lime trees, terminating in a perspective view of the estate of Madame Heppe, near Würtzburg. Madame Heppe pursues the very commendable practice of every year trying to acclimatise a number of green-house plants; and she was the first in this part of Germany to find that Caprifolium flexuòsum was quite hardy.

Suburban Gardens at Nuremburg. -The garden of M. Wiss contains six or seven acres of varied surface, with a large lake and an island surrounded by banks, planted with trees, and intersected by walks, from a plan of Charles Sckell. The garden of M. Beitelmeyer forms a striking contrast to that of M. Wiss, being laid out in the French style, and, indeed, consisting almost entirely of small circles surrounded by box; each circle containing a lime tree in the centre, clipped to a conical shape, and underneath displaying a variety of low shrubs and flowers. Nothing could exhibit greater sameness than the general plan; but every circle, individually, was full of beauty. We were informed that this garden is kept up at a great expense; the plants, which do