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Schwetzingen.

a cupola and provided with a portal; it forms, with the
trees and shrubs around it a well crowned whole. The
goddess of botany stands within this well lit temple.
It was made in Italy of Carrarian marble, and holds a
roll in her hand, with this inscription: Linnaei sistema
plantarum; an urn with flowers stands before her, and
the portraits of Linnaeus, Plinius, Turnefort and Theo-
phrastus , in basrelief, are suspended over four altars.
The zodiak and the seasons are represented above it. The
aqueduct, which is near it (Nr. 12), represents, in a
striking imitation, a ruin of a decayed Roman acqueduct.
The projecting tower of this ruin affords a most charming
prospect of the plain, as well as to the Bergstrasse, and
the eminences adjoining. Not far from this aqueduct,
we observe: the Obelisk (Nr, 13), which is 45 feet high;
there is also, not far from here, the English garden,
laid out by Skell in 1778, in which many exotic trees
have been planted; the rich nursery (Nr. 9’/2), planted
by Charles Frederick, deserves attention. The most
excellent sorts of fruits are grown here and sold.
But, let us return thro’the English garden, to the great
jetting fountain in front of the palace, from which we
had set out; turning to the right, we arrive at the temple
of Minerva (Nr. 14), by proceeding in a different direction
to the south. This walk is rendered very cool and
refreshing in summer, by the shadowy plantations sur-
rounding the building whose roof is supported by fluted
columns of Carrarian marble. The statue of the goddess is
made of the same material, by the sculptor Crepello at
Dusseldorf, whence it was brought hither. We, farther,
behold in the neighbourhood of the goddess, the statues
of the dying Agrippina (Nr. 15), by Andrew Vacca;
Agrippina is represented in the moment, when she is to
die by having her veins opened. Not far off we, farther,