IV CONTEXTS. 



PHOTOGRAPHIC ENLARGEMENTS. 



30. L 'Enfant plan for the National Capital. 



31. The King survey map of the city of Washington. 



32. View from the Capitol terraces in 1916. 



33. View of model showing existing conditions in ■vicinity of Capitol in 1901. 



34. Model showing proposed restoration of area to the west of the Capitol. 



35. Union Square, showing ideal plan for its proposed development. 



36. The Mall, the park approach to the Capitol from the west. 



37. Bird 's-eye view of the general plan of the Mall, from a point 4,000 feet above Arling- 



ton Cemetery. 



MAPS AND PLANS. 



[See, also, diagram facing page 66]. 



38. Plan showing proposed location of the national botanic garden at Mount Hamil- 



ton, Washington, D. C. (following page 152). 



39. Detail map showing the parcels of land comprised in the proposed botanic 



garden (following page 152). 



40. Geological map of the Mount Hamilton location. 



41. Agricultural and forestry map of the Mount Hamilton location (following page 152). 



42. The Missouri Botanic Garden, St. Louis. 



43. The Arnold Arboretum, Boston, Mass. 



44. The Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, N. Y. 



45. Kew Gardens, London. 



46. Royal Societies Gardens, London. 



47. Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. 



48. Chelsea Physic Garden. 



49. Botanic Garden at Buenos Aires, Argentine Republic. 



50. Jardin des Plantes at Paris, France. 



51. The Hope Gardens at Kingston, Jamaica. 



52. The Botanic Garden at Melbourne, Australia. 



53. Botanic Garden at Dresden, Germany. 



54. The Old Botanic Garden in Berlin, Germany. 



55. The New Botanic Garden at Dahlem, Berlin, Germany. 



LIST OF DESCRIPTIVE MATTER IN APPENDIX. 



Page. 

 Review of Brightwood tract, Foundry Branch tract, and East Capitol Street, 



Anacostia, and Virginia sites 69 



Letter from Set r, i ary i >f Agriculture. David Houston 70 



Report of United States Department of Agriculture on soils of Mount Hamilton 



site 72 



Letter from Director United States Geological Survey, Geo. Otis Smith, on the 



Mount Hamilton site 75 



Letter from Senator Root to Frederick Law Olmsted against use of Rock Creek 



Park for Botanic Garden 76 



"Botanical gardens in the United States," extract from article by Prof. N. L. 



Britton. 76 



"Relations of the botanic garden to the public," by Prof. N. L. Britton 77 



The dates of the establishment of some botanic gardens in Europe 79 



Area of some botanic gardens of the world, 1917 79 



Botanic gardens of the world 80 



Classification of countries containing botanic gardens and number of gardens 



they support 82 



State and other support of gardens 83 



List of staffs of Kew and gardens in correspondence 105 



Description of botanic gardens at: 



Adelaide, South Australia 84 



Asuncion, Paraguay 115 



Ballarat, Victoria 87 



Berkeley, t ialif 127 



Berlin, Germany 90 



Bombay, India 112 



Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 85 



Brooklyn, N. Y 116 



Brussels, Belgium 88 



Buenos Aires, Argentine Republic 88 



