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40 degrees with Mount Rainier’s 
axis, is a broad view of Lake Wash- 
ington in the foreground, backed by 
the snow-capped mountains of the 
Cascade Range. 
On the other side of the Rainier 
axis extends a broad view looking 
out across Lake Lfnion toward the 
city of Seattle. To the south, and 
PART OP BED OF ENGLISH 
TUFTED PANSIES (VIOLA CORNUTA 
HYBRIDS). ENCIRCLING GEYSER 
Below this, and continuing to 
frame in the Court of Honor, are the 
Oriental and Manufactures Build- 
ings on one side and the European 
and Agricultural Buildings on the 
other. Each building is somewhat 
lower than the one north of it and 
all paralleling the Court of Honor. 
The beauty of the exposition de- 
rounding entirely the Court of 
Honor are great masses of rhododen- 
drons, back of and through which 
are planted in profusion the official 
flower of the exposition — the cactus 
dahlia. Thousands of lilies, gladioli 
and other appropriate flowers also 
play their part in making the Court 
of Honor one magnificent garden. 
PLANTING AT BASE OF MANUPAC'^URES BUILDING 
Rhododendrons (R. Californicum) mixed with Fox Gloves (Digitaiis purpurea) with 
pansies (Viola cornuta hybrids) in foreground 
on the central axis, extends a view 
200 feet in width of Mount Rainier, 
14,529 feet in height. 
These various views have been 
created by cutting down broad 
stretches of immense timber and so 
forming a magnificent picture, fram- 
ed on each side by fir trees, some of 
which run to a height well over 200 
feet. 
The Court of Honor is surrounded 
by the most impressive architectural 
display of buildings ever seen in the 
Northwest. 
Surrounding the entire upper por- 
tion of the Cascade Court are three 
Government buildings in a semicircle 
the center of which is the electric 
tower. The central and main build- 
ing, with its dome rising 270 feet 
in the air, is the towering feature of 
this great architectural display. 
Flanked on each side of the prin- 
cipal building are the Hawaiian and 
Alaskan Buildings, which are con- 
nected by a double colonnade with 
architectural piers or archways at 
the various entrances. 
sign as a whole may be attributed to 
the fact that Olmsted Brothers, 
Brookline, Mass., were engaged at 
the beginning, even before the ground 
was broken, to arrange the grouping 
of the buildings, the position of the 
roads and waterways and to lay out 
the grounds to harmonize with the 
wonderful natural surroundings. 
The embellishment of the grounds 
with foliage and flowering plants 
has been carried out on a scale not 
heretofore attempted. Long stretches 
of slopes placed like panels between 
the cascades and the surrounding- 
roads above them are planted -wdth 
great masses of creeping roses, in- 
termixed with various flowering- 
plants which bloom at different peri- 
ods during the summer. 
The slope encircling the Geyser 
Basin is covered with great masses 
of English tufted pansies, while in 
the background are thousands of 
peonies, phlox and other delicate 
flowers, succeeding each other ac- 
cording to their periods of bloom. 
At the base of the building and sur- 
Just south of the Geyser Basin, 
which terminates the southern end of 
the Court of Honor, lie the formal 
gardens. They are several feet be- 
low the plaza of the Geyser Basin, 
and are therefore in a position to be 
seen to the greatest advantage from 
that important point. 
Here great quantities of roses, 
phlox, peonies and other attractive 
flowering plants ornament the tessel- 
lated form of the hedged-in-gardens. 
Looking south from the elevated 
plaza of the Geyser Basin, the gar- 
dens form a foreground to the broad 
stretches of lawn which carpet the 
beautiful view to Mount Rainier. 
This view is framed in on each 
side by solid hedges of evergreen 
trees, which form a rich background 
for the long lines of architectural 
features, such as statues, vases, seats 
and lights. 
On each side of this vista, as well 
as on the sides of the vistas extend- 
ing to Lake Washington and Lake 
Union, are planted great masses of 
flowers of the most delicate colors 
