Genre:

Miscellaneous, Serial

Subjects:

Amusement, Botanical Gardens, Museums, Menageries, Government, Patronage

    As in every 'great city', the gardens of Paris constitute one of the main public recreations. The Jardin des Plantes 'is the National Botanical Nursery' of France, and is 'a complete epitome of the vegetable world'. 'In this Garden stands the National Museum of Natural History; also the Public Menagerie, containing a complete collection of wild beasts, and other curious living animals'. (39) The establishment is lavishly funded by the government and, 'like all other national extablishments, is freely open to the public' (40).