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 marble tablet, bearing the following inscription, has heen placed:—

The Park grounds are well laid out in flower beds and borders. The Princes Street border, running parallel with the street of that name, is about 600 feet long, and is continuously kept gay with a fine display of the gardener's art.

The lesser borders of the Park include the Boyd border and small beds, in which are fine displays of giant hydrangeas, as well as suitable flowering shrubs and plants.

The smaller beds are laid out during the year with spring flowering bulbs, and several are furnished during the summer and autumn with carpet bedding to design.

Roses, of which there are now nearly 300 varieties, occupy a prominent position. Fine specimens of Canary Island palms (Phœnix Canariensis), as well as many other exotic trees, such as Cedrus Deodara, Cedrus Atlantica, and many fine types of English and American oaks, English elms, birches, etc., have been introduced.

A feature of this Park is the area known as Bowen Avenue, which, a few years ago, was a refuse tip, but