The new international encyclopaedia . and the numbered streets north and south,the whole being inteisected by twenty-one ave-nues named from different States in the avenues converge at centres such as theCapitol and the Presidents house, so that thesebroad thoroughfares aid materially in giving thatvariety which is the unique feature of the citysplan. The streets on the whole are the widest of anycity in the world, as they range from 80 (o 160feet. They are paved with asi)halt almost ex-clusively, and the sidewalks are commonly ofcement. More than 84,000 trees line thestreets. Massac
The new international encyclopaedia . and the numbered streets north and south,the whole being inteisected by twenty-one ave-nues named from different States in the avenues converge at centres such as theCapitol and the Presidents house, so that thesebroad thoroughfares aid materially in giving thatvariety which is the unique feature of the citysplan. The streets on the whole are the widest of anycity in the world, as they range from 80 (o 160feet. They are paved with asi)halt almost ex-clusively, and the sidewalks are commonly ofcement. More than 84,000 trees line thestreets. Massachusetts -Avenue is adorned witha quadruple row its entire length of four milesand a half. The broad transverse avenues format the intersections with the rectangular streetssquares ami circles and reservations whichnumber 302 and comprise 407 acres. The mostimportant of these reservations is the series be-ginning with the Capitid grounds, exlciulingwestward through the Mall (including the Bo-tanical Gardens) to the Washington Monument. — o WASHINGTON. 315 WASHINGTON. grounds, and thence noitlivvard to the groundsol the Presidents liouse, including also LafayettePark, opposite the Presidents house. The Mall,as the park extending from the Capitol to thePiitomae is known, is adorned with fine drives and walks ftirnish the op-portunity of enjoying the uiuisual experience ofrural surroundings in the heart of a great eity,since Pennsylvania Aveiuic. the broad thorougli-fare extending frciui the Cajiitol grounds to thevicinity of the Presidents house, lies a square ortwo north of this park of 230 acres. The number and general distribution of theparks and the profusion of trees give to thecity, when seen from an elevation, the appear-ance of a great park with buildings showingthiough the masses of foliage, or thrusting theirtall forms of brick and stone above it. Thetendency toward centralization in modern busi-ness has led to the enction of a ntimber of loftybuildings
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