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The house of the Inspector seems to be in the northwest corner. The labels are porcelain, on iron rods, - a common method of marking in European gardens.

[[image - pen drawing of a label with iron rods and the word "Label" next to it.]]

There are the usual beds of cacti, etc., not so well kept here as usually.
There is a long, narrow, informal pond with swampy edges, which is not neat but looks good for work. There are special sand-beds for sand plants.
The building of the Botanical Institute is two story, with garret and basement. It is not the building in which De Bary worked.
Bertha and I then hurried to the Cathedral to see the astronomical clock strike.
The clock is on the inside, and

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an admission fee (30 pfg) is charged. It bears the dates 1838-1842. It has figures representing the days of the week above, and these move around, and the cock at the left (large) flaps his wings and crows three times during the passing. The figures [[underlined]] walk. [[/underlined]] Death, at the center, strikes the hours, and the angel to the angel at the left strikes the quarters, on a bell. The planets, etc., are also shown. The clock is adjusted to the Gregorian Calendar.
This is much like the Prague Orloj in principle, and seems to me not as remarkable, - at least not in the least more-so.
The figures are smaller here. There was a large crowd, standing and packed, waiting for the striking. They charge again to see other parts of the cathedral. It's charge, charge, charge!