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1, Aviary an d cottalo.
2 2 2, Sunk fence, in order to adm it of a view beyond tlic
boundary.
3, Garden pavilion. 4, Statues.
5, Covered seat or alcove.
6, Itan e e of hothouses in tho botanic garden.
7, Kitchen-garden.
8, Buildings connected with th e palace, fo r different ofnccrs,
10, Stra ig h t canal.
i 1 Yi,"jetV proceeding from rocks, which throw th e water,
in columns nearly 6 niches iu diameter, upwards
high.
12, Centre o f tlse palace.
13, Cascade. 14, Stra ig h t canal.
English garden, the merits of which might ho more completoly ascertained by the study
of the plan (fig. 80.). These gardens were laid out by Louis Sckell, and contain two
o fth e finest jets of water in Germany. Those jets are not supplied by elevated fountains,
but by the pressure produced, in one case, by a machine driven by water, and in
another, hy a steam-engine; both are the invention of M. Baadcr, tho chief of the
engineers of the mines of Bavaria. Tho water is forced into powerful air-vessels
by pumps, driven hy undershot water-wheels ; these air-vessels unite in a m.ain which
supplies a jet that will send a column of water, about I J inch in diameter, 130 feet
h ig h ; or a thin, hollow cylinder of water, nine inclios in diameter, eighty feet higli.
Tiio thickness of the water forming the circumfcrcnoo of tho cylinder may be about
B ook I. BAVARIAN GARDENS.
15, Small temple. 16, Grecian temple. 25, Priv a te flower-garden an d open bower.
17, Garden pavilion, c o n taining pictures, statues, ch in a, &c. 26, Priv a te garden a n d entrance to tho palace.
18, Place for beavers. 27, Quadrangle o f buildings for tho ofllcers of th e conrt, an d
19, Gamekeeper’s cottage. 20, Pheasantry. ta c ir cstahlisli
21, Engine-house.
22, Bridge an d water-whccl.
25, Banquefliig-houao for the use o f tb e public.
24, Priv a te flower-garden an d summer-house.
one-eighth of an inch. Air is drawn in along with the w a te r; and when it escapes by
the jet, it makes a loud crackling noise. Several animals were at one time kept in this
garden, hut at present there are only some beavers. When the natural disadvantages
of Nymphenburg, with regard to situation and climate, arc considered, it must he
allowed to be one of the greatest and the most successful gardening efforts in Germany.
The trees, it will be seen from the plan, are beautifully massed and grouped ; and at
tho same time breadth of lawn is preseiwed, and depth of view maintained. The
straight walks on both sides of the central canal arc lined with large orange trees in
the summer season. As compared with English gardens, however, of the same extent
and style, the gardens at Nymphenburg arc deficient in evergreens, and in variety of
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