Tlie Lateraii Arcades form tlie southern limit of the Garden, 

 and the southernmost portion of each side. They may be at 

 once recognised by the terra-cotta columns which give tlieni 

 their cliaracteristic features. 



On the east and west sides of the Garden stand the Milanese 

 or Middle Arcades. 



In the centre of the upper end is a large Conservatory, 

 constructed of glass and iron, and surrounded by a verandah, 

 extending on each side of wliicli are the Albani or Upper 

 Arcades, forming tlie northern boundary of the Garden. 



The broad walk passing up the middle of the Garden ex- 

 tends from the portico of tlie International Exhibition Building 

 at the extreme south, and conducts the visitor to the highest 

 levels and to the Conservatory at the north. When it approaches 

 the second terrace, it separates to the right and left, embracing 

 a highly decorated compartment of flowers, about 125 feet in 

 diameter, behind whicli is a quadrangular basin of water, into 

 which falls a cascade of large dimensions. Other paths, inter- 

 secting the main walk, and leading to the various parts of the 

 Garden, terminate also in a broad walk, wliich runs in front 

 of the surrounding arcades. 



On each side of the central walk, on the first terrace, are two 

 large triangular ribbon beds of flowers and coloured gravel, 

 displaying various patterns. Two tastefuUy constructed band- 

 houses stand on the upper terrace. 



The quadrangular space south of the lowest terrace, sur- 

 rounded on the three other sides by the Lateran Arcades and 

 the Exhibition Bunding, is called the Ante-Garden, and a broad 

 walk runs from the Eastern or principal Entrance to the opposite 



