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GARDE]SIXG FOR PLEASURE. 



[My readers will be pleased to learn that the superin- 

 tendent of the government grounds and buildings at 

 Washington proposes to add a, collection of aquatics to 



Fig. 41. — VIEW OF AQUATIC PLANTS IN CENTEAL PARK. 



the already interesting collection of plants to be seen 

 there. This will, beyond doubt, give an impetus to their 

 cultivation, just as has been done in the Central Park, 



