Under the Southern cross in South America . VICTORIA, BUENOS AIRES. CAPITAL AND CONGRESSIONAL BUILDING, BUENOSAIRES 379 CAPITAL OF THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE 381 blooming gardens, the profusion of flowers and verdure giving aunique beauty to the whole. It was with much interest as well ascuriosity that we watched the rank and wealth and fashion andbeauty of the Southern metropolis in their magnificent equipages andturnouts driving along this palm-fringed avenue on their way to andfrom Palermo Park. Society drives and rides here every after-noon, and often there is upward of a thousand carr
Under the Southern cross in South America . VICTORIA, BUENOS AIRES. CAPITAL AND CONGRESSIONAL BUILDING, BUENOSAIRES 379 CAPITAL OF THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE 381 blooming gardens, the profusion of flowers and verdure giving aunique beauty to the whole. It was with much interest as well ascuriosity that we watched the rank and wealth and fashion andbeauty of the Southern metropolis in their magnificent equipages andturnouts driving along this palm-fringed avenue on their way to andfrom Palermo Park. Society drives and rides here every after-noon, and often there is upward of a thousand carriages and othervehicles in line. Palermo Park is about half an hours ride from theheart of the city. It is a scene of verdure and vegetation of life andloveliness that is truly charming and irresistibly captivating. Al-though below the tropics there is a tropical luxuriance of stately palm thrives here, and different species of eucalypti,with gourds, gardenias, tuberoses, oleanders, feathery ferns andmany other varities of flowers and plants appealing to the
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