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Beds of flowering plants are introduced profusely to add to the 

 brilliancy of the general efl'ect. In the wide spaces on either side of 

 the great Esplanade, facing the buildings of the Government group on 











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the one hand and of Horticulture, Mines and Gra})hic Arts on the other, 

 will be Sunken Gardens, surrounded by the choicest of flowers and 

 bordering with such rare aquatics as the exotic Nynn)hteas and the 

 Egyptian Lotus. The fountains in the center of these Sunken Gardens, 



