. Washington, what to see, and how to see it. A sightseer's guide .. . ront and 304long on the sides, ortotal length 1,492, .60 wide and 28clear height. Totalcost, $815,000; built,1880-89. At the foot of theterrace is Storysheroic bronze statueof John Marshall,Chief Justice of theU. S., i8oi-35,erected in 1884, bythe Congress andthe Bar of the UnitedStates. Cost of Statueand Pedestal, $40,-000, The bassi re-lievi represent Min-erva dictating theConstitution toAmerica, and Com-merce and Educationbringing forward ayoung boy, Agricul-ture, in one panel,and Victory bringingforward America toswear
. Washington, what to see, and how to see it. A sightseer's guide .. . ront and 304long on the sides, ortotal length 1,492, .60 wide and 28clear height. Totalcost, $815,000; built,1880-89. At the foot of theterrace is Storysheroic bronze statueof John Marshall,Chief Justice of theU. S., i8oi-35,erected in 1884, bythe Congress andthe Bar of the UnitedStates. Cost of Statueand Pedestal, $40,-000, The bassi re-lievi represent Min-erva dictating theConstitution toAmerica, and Com-merce and Educationbringing forward ayoung boy, Agricul-ture, in one panel,and Victory bringingforward America toswear allegiance onthe altar of theUnion, in the tourist willnow take either ofthe broad walks tothe Western entrances to the grounds, and thence to the main entrance otthe Botanic Garden. On the way they will see the Naval Monument, or Monument of Peace,by Franklin Simmons, at the Pennsylvania Ave. entrance to the CapitolPark. It was designed by Admiral Porter, U. S. N., executed in Marble,erected in 1877, cost $21,000. It was paid for from subscriptions by the. wards GARFIELD. THE NATIONAL LIBRARY. 27 Officers of the Admirals fleet after the fall of Fort Fisher, and Secretary ofthe Navy, Borie, and others. It is 44 high; represents History recordingthe woes narrated by America. On the W. plinth Victory is crowning Nep-tune and Mars, and on the E. Peace offers the olive branch, Congress ap-propriated $20,OGo for the foundation and basin, and the latter statues. In front of the Conservatories of the Botanic Gardens is the BartholdiFountain, 30 high with 9 outlets and an illuminating apparatus of 12 lampsignited by electricity, thus giving the effect of light and water. Cost, $6,000. The numbers on Map P. 8 indicate the places of interest in the Garden,as follows: I. Rotunda of Conservatory, temperature 80° Fahr, containingvarieties of Palms. 2. E. wing, temperature 40° and Range 50°. Plants ofthe South Sea Islands, South Africa, and Australia. 3. W. wing and Range,same t
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