including an abacus of Portland stone, 1 foot 6 inches, making 

 the height of the whole pUlar 1 feet 6 inches. The thickness of 

 the shaft is 8 inches. There are in all 203 arches, and 80 piers. 



The waU is composed of red and yellow brick, and is sur- 

 mounted by a frieze, as yet plain and unornamented, but which 

 is intended at some future time to be richly decorated with 

 fresco painting or majolica. Above the frieze, a cornice finishes 

 the effect for the present, but hereafter the wall on the east 

 and west portions of the Garden will be surmounted by a 

 balustrade, in the same fashion as that on the top of the portico 

 of the CouncU-room, the middle entrance from the Exhibition, 

 and the western entrance. 



The piers of the balustrades, which will be placed at 

 distances of 18 feet, are to bear statues or large vases. 



The whole south fajade — except the central portion, which 

 has a mezzanine interjjosed — is divided iuto two floors. The 

 front is divided into five faces, in different Unes of advance. 

 By subdividing the centre mass into three sections, variety 

 and relief of design have been obtained. The middle of the 

 front is occupied by the entrance from the Exhibition Building 

 to the Garden, through tlu-ee 10 -feet ornamented brick arch- 

 ways, supported by coujjled stone columns ; these are im- 

 mediately opposite the southern entrance, from which point 

 one unbroken vista is obtained across the whole Garden up 

 to the Cascade and Conservatory at the north end. 



The elevation of the five divisions of the fagade (70 feet 

 high) presents three levels — the terra-cotta arcades — the shallow 

 mezzanine (interrupting the architectural arches) — and the upper 

 refreshment rooms. On each side of the centre are the tripled 



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