Journal of a Horticultural Tour through Germany, Belgium, and part of France, in the Autumn of 1835 To which is added, a Catalogue of the different Species of Cacteæ in the Gardens at Woburn Abbey.

In the centre of each terrace is a noble flight of steps thirty-six feet wide at the bottom, but at the top the width is only fifteen feet; containing in each from twenty-five t...

I was much pleased by the simple mode of grafting the _Camellia_ and orange trees, which appeared to be very successful, and is generally practised by M. Liebig the gardener, wh...

I proceeded in the afternoon to the Botanic Garden; but as it was wet I was unable to find any one to accompany me through the grounds, owing to the absence of the gardener; I t...

The grounds attached to it are rather confined, but prettily varied, with water, and rising and undulating ground. There are also several very good hothouses, and a choice colle...

The university was formerly a royal palace, but the lower apartments are now devoted to collections of natural history; the length of the front measures eighty eight yards, and...

We observed some very fine specimens of the _Juglans fraxinifolia_ with fruit on them, and very large trees of the _Salix alba_, which were here in greater size than any I had e...

Small capitals have been changed to all capitals. Italics have been represented between underscores thus: _italic text_. Bold text has been represented between equals signs thus...

Sept. 14th. I called this morning on Mr. Kennedy (brother to the Marquess of Ailsa,) and delivered to him a note of introduction that I received from Lord G. W. Russell. Mr. Ken...

"* * * The papers from the '_Moniteur Ottoman_,' in the volume before us, would produce no discredit to our English Journals; they come to us with the strong impress of feeling,...

August 26th. Arrived at half past three, A. M. at Nauen, a small town about twenty five English miles from Berlin; this place appeared conspicuous, from the number of small flou...

The roots of the peach tree and vines were all covered this season with half rotten dung, for the space of from three to four feet from the wall, which kept the roots in a moist...

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