GUIDE 
TO THE 
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BY THE 
HON. SECRETARY TO THE SOCIETY. 
FIFTH EDITION. 
The foHowing description of the Zoological and 
Acclimatisation Society’s Gardens is intended to ac- 
company the bird’s-eye view of the grounds in the 
frontispiece, and may be of some use as a guide to 
visitors. They comprise an area of about 40 acres, 
and are situated in the centre of the Eoyal Park, 
about a mile and a half from the General Post Office, 
and can be reached by cab or the Hotham or Brunswick 
omnibuses, which leave the Hobson’s Bay Eailway Station 
every few minutes and take passengers as far as the 
Park fence on the TTemington or Sydney Eoad, and 
within a few minutes’ walk of the Gardens. 
On entering the main gates the visitor will notice 
several paths which lead in different directions — with 
the reader’s permission we will proceed round the 
oval flower bed at the entrance, and so down the 
main walk for a short distance, until a circular enclosure 
filled with choice flowers, is reached, which, especially in 
