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conducting to a successful termination this truly great exposition. By 

 no means the least that can be said of it is that it proved to be a 

 financial as well as a scientific and philanthropic success. 



A General View of the Exposition Grounds 



The exposition grounds cover in all an area of 320,000 square 

 meters, of which 70,000 square meters are occupied by buildings, 72 in 

 all, large and small. This immense area was contributed partly by the 

 " Grosse Garten," partly by the Eoyal Botanical Garden, the park of 

 Price John George and the Dresden Commons. The Lenne-Strasse, 

 dividing this area, was bridged over. One of the first serious difficulties 

 in planning with which the Dresden architects were confronted was to 

 so distribute their buildings that the large fine old linden trees in 

 these various parks should not be damaged. This difficulty they suc- 

 ceeded in overcoming to perfection. They distributed the various 

 buildings in such a manner as to make the trees serve as a rich gi'een 

 background for them, thus, at the same time, avoiding rigid geometrical 

 lines and producing, instead, a most picturesque effect. 



The main entrance to the grounds consists of three rows of large 

 and imposing columns, covered in above. Passing through these 

 columns, and to the right of the main entrance we find the adminis- 

 tration building which houses the various offices of the director, assistant 

 directors, the post offices, the fire department and the sanitary and red- 

 cross companies, all excellently and most efficiently organized ; to the left 

 stands a very large structure containing the assembly hall, intended 

 for the meetings for the large number of congresses that met in Dresden 

 during the summer, the various exposition halls for school hygiene and 

 the care of children, exhibition rooms for dental hygiene, tropical 

 hygiene and chemical industries, for infectious and venereal diseases. 



Main Entrance fbom within. 



