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place. There is a stone portico above the sea, with the 
ivy clinging to the pillars, that is particularly inviting 
on a hot summer’s day ; while from the foot of its 
stairs, tempting lanes lead off into great shady arbors 
of ivy, twined to pillars of stone and then trailed 
across above ; the ivy banked below by hedges and 
shrubbery ; so that but slight bits of the red and white 
of the pillar bricks manage to peep through. At the 
farther end of this lover’s walk a plaza is reached, with 
flower-beds at each side the central passage-way, lead- 
ing on up the terraces — as at Versailles — to more 
lawns, more flowers, and finally the forest. Away 
beyond tbe flat, stone, upper terraces there is a minia- 
ture of the chateaux, given over to the gardener ; and 
then the paths lead down hill to the sea, where friendly 
bath-houses and happy crowds of excursionists await, 
and again up the palisades to a restaurant over-hang- 
ing the brine. 
At Ragusa, far down at the edge of the Balkan 
chains, the road from sea to town leads through a 
natural woodland park, the forests clothing the moun- 
tains, save only where, here and there, there is a sun- 
tanned area, on which the rocks protrude, and only j 
the agavia and the cistus manage to thrive, with all i 
their rigid and fantastic beauty. Through the pines ; 
the Adriatic is seen, with the fisher boats ; the birds i 
sing here the live-long day, and on the heights, where 
the park comes to an end, oleander hedges, of vary- 
ing hues, fringe the upland road-way. Ji-ist opposite 
the town is an island, Lacroma, kept as a park for its 
luxuriant foliage ; and it is a well known fact, locally, 
that James Gordon Bennett has long had his eyes on | 
the place and made vain endeavors to buy it. j 
The little town of Zara, in the province of Dalmatia, i 
has a park rendered attractive by its tropical foliage, > 
and tempting the stranger to pursue its low lanes, with ; 
the bent wicker-fencing, by reason of the Roman ; 
tablets grouped, in the open, in several portions of it. ■ 
Artificial Attractions of Golden Gate ParK, San Francisco. 
Chief among the attractions of Golden Gate Park, 
San Francisco, Cal., is the conservatory, and it is the 
ambition of the Park Commissioners to increase its 
popularity. Additions are being constantly made to 
the present splendid collections and there are now 
about 500 different varieties in the “General Collec- 
tion”; of orchids there are 178 varieties; palms 69; 
Ferns and Lycopods 128; tree ferns 12; Nymph^eas 
and Water lilies 18; Cycads 2, thus giving nearly 900 
distinct varieties in the collection. 
Another popular attraction is the ornamental gar- 
den just south of the Conservatory. One large long 
bed lies on a gentle southern slope. Here many va- 
rieties of flowers and grasses are arranged in formal 
figures and designs. From time to time these figures 
are changed, to conform to any very important 'event 
in San Francisco. For example, when the G. A. R. 
met in San Francisco a few years ago there was a 
huge American Flag, guns, sabers, cannon, shields, 
badges, etc., woven in brilliant colored flowers and 
grasses. 
Recently a considerable extension has been added 
to the nursery in this park and set out in stock, to be 
used in the development of the park, and an old pro- 
pagating house has been rebuilt. Among the late ad- ! 
ditions are 2,200 Japanese bamboo plants of 20 differ- 
ent varieties. A natural hollow, well protected by 
belts of pine and Eucalyptus, has been selected in j 
which to grow these bamboo varieties and test their j 
adaptability to the soil and climate. In the nursery ! 
and the park there are 1,552 varieties of trees and 
shrubs; aloes, palms and grasses 96; vines 126. 
Golden Gate is rich in artificial attractions which in- 
clude a Museum of Fine Arts, many fine statues, the 
