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THE STANDARD DICTIONARY OF FACTS 



Gardens of the World. 



Garden of Eden. First abode of man, sup- 

 posed to be located near the city of 

 Babylon. 

 Garden of England. Worcestershire and 



Kent. Both so called. 

 Garden of Erin. Cnrlow. in Leinster. 

 Garden of Europe. Italy and Belgium. 



Both so called. 

 Garden of France. Amboise, in the dt'part- 



ment of Indre-et-Loire. 

 Garden of Gethsemane. East of Jerusalem, 



near the Brook Kedron. 

 Garden of Helvetia. Name given to Thur- 



gau, Switzerland. 

 Garden of Hesperides. In the western part 



of the mythological world. 

 Garden of India. Oude. 

 Garden of Italy. Sicily. 

 Garden of South Wales. The southern divis- 

 ion of Glamorganshire. 

 Garden of Spain. Andalusia. 

 Garden of the Argentine. Turcuman, a 



province of Argentinia. 

 Garden of the East. Ceylon and Burmah. 

 Both so called. Ceylon is also called 

 " The Resplendent"; the "Jewel of the 

 Eastern Sea"; the "Gem of Paradise." 

 Its climate and productions are quite 

 unrivaled. 

 Garden of the West. Illinois and Kansas. 



Both so called. 

 Garden of the World. The region of the 



Mississippi. 



Giants. The following are among authen- 

 tic instances of persons who attained to the 

 stature of giants: The Roman Emperor Maxi- 

 min, a Thracian, nearly 9 feet high; Queen 

 Elizabeth's Flemish porter, 7 feet 6 inches; C. 

 Munster, a yeoman of the guard in Hanover, 

 who died in 1676, 8 feet 6 inches high; Cajanus, 

 a Swedish giant, about 9 feet high, exhibited in 

 London in 1742; C. Byrne, who died in 1783, 

 attained the height of 8 feet 4 inches; Patrick 

 Cotter O'Brien, who lived about the same time, 

 was 8 feet 7| inches; a Swede in the celebrated 

 grenadier guard of Frederick William I. of 

 Prussia stood 8 feet. In 1844, died Pauline 

 Wedde (called Marian), over 8 feet 2 inches at 

 the age of 18. The following are still or were 

 quite recently exhibiting : Anna Swan, a native 

 of Nova Scotia, above 8 feet high; her husband, 

 Captain Bates, a native of Kentucky, of the same 

 height; Chang- wu-gon, the Chinese giant, 7 feet 

 9 inches high. 



Holidays in the United States. 

 JANUARY 1st. New Year's Day: In all the 

 States (including the District of Columbia, 

 Arizona, and New Mexico), except Massachu- 

 setts, Mississippi, and New Hampshire. 



JANUARY STH. Anniversary of the Battle of 

 New Orleans : In Louisiana. 



JANUARY 19-TH. Lee's Birthday : In Florida, 

 Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Vir- 

 ginia, Alabama, and Arkansas. 



FEBRUARY. Mardi-Gras: In Alabama and 

 the parish of Orleans, Louisiana. 



FEBRUARY 12TH. Lincoln's Birthday: In 

 Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Kan- 

 sas, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New 



Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, 

 Washington, and Wyoming. 



FEBRUARY 22o. Washington's Birthday: In 

 all the States, District of Columbia, and Arizona, 

 except Mississippi, where it is observed by exer- 

 cises in the public schools. 



MARCH 2o. Anniversary of Texan Independ- 

 ence : In Texas. 



APRIL. In Oregon, the forty-fifth day prt ced- 

 ing general State Election, primary nominal inr 

 election held. Every day on which an election 

 is held throughout the State is a legal holiday. 



APRIL 17, 1908. Good Friday: In Alabama 

 Delaware, Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, Minne- 

 sota, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Tennessee. 



APRIL 19rH. Patriot's Day : In Maine and 

 Massachusetts. 



APRIL 21sT. Anniversary of the Battle of San 

 Jacinto : In Texas. 



APRIL 26TH. Confederate Memorial Day : In 

 Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi. 



MAY lOrn. Confederate Memorial Day: In 

 North Carolina and South Carolina. 



May (Second Friday) Confederate Day: In 

 Tennessee. 



MAY 20rH. Anniversary of the Signing of the 

 Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence: In 

 North Carolina. 



MAY (last Friday) Pioneer Day : In Montana, 

 observed in public schools. 



MAY 30rH. Decoration Day: In all the 

 States and Territories (and District of Columbia), 

 except Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Louisiana, Mis- 

 sissippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennes- 

 see, Texas. In Virginia, known as " Confed- 

 erate Memorial Day." 



JUNE 3D. Jefferson Davis's Birthday: In 

 Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, 

 Texas, and South Carolina. In Louisiana, 

 known as "Confederate Memorial Day." In 

 Virginia, in public schools. 



JUNE (first Monday), even years, general State 

 election in Oregon. 



JULY 4TH. Independence Day : In all the 

 States, District of Columbia, and Territories. 



JULY 24TH. Pioneers' Day : In Utah. 



AUGUST. Primary Election Days: In Mis- 

 souri. 



AUGUST 16TH. Bennington Battle Day: In 

 Vermont. 



SEPTEMBER 7, 1908. Labor Day: In all the 

 States and Territories (and District of Columbia), 

 except North Dakota. In Louisiana, observed 

 in Orleans Parish. In Wyoming, by proclama- 

 tion of the governor. 



SEPTEMBER (first Tuesday) Primary Election 

 Day : In Wisconsin. 



SEPTEMBER 9ra. Admission Day: In Cali- 

 fornia. 



SEPTEMBER 12TH. "Old Defenders' Day": In 

 Baltimore, Md. 



OCTOBER 31sT. Admission Day: In Nevada. 



NOVEMBER IST. All Saints' Day: In Louisi- 

 ana. 



NOVEMBER General Election Day: In Ari- 

 zona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, 

 Idaho (Illinois in Chicago, Springfield and East 

 St. Louis only), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Ken- 

 tucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minne- 

 sota, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hamp- 



