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| THE PEOPLE'S GARDEN, PHOENIX PARK, DUBLIN.-The Dubliner, although his beautiful city is no longer the capital of an independent nation, is justly proud of the charming surroundings of the Irish metropolis. Nowhere are to be found more attractive pleasure grounds or more delightful suburbs. Phoenix Park is the great breathing place of the masses, and it is maintained faultlessly by the public officials under whose superintendency is conducted. The sketch shows a section of the People's Garden, graced by statues, rich parterres and luxuriant, almost tropical, vegetation. Many delicate exotics flourish vigorously in the balmy open air of Ireland, during the summer months, and in no country is the odor fo flowers so exquisirely pleasing to the olfactory organs. The groups around the flower beds seem to be inthe enjoyment of this agreeable experience, as they bend over the flowering plants to inhale the gracious perfume. Although the People's Garden is entirely at the disposal of the public, the rules and regulations in regard to tampering with shrubs or flowers are rigidly enforced, and the legend "Keep off the Grass," so familiar in American parks, is by no means unknown in the Phoenix. |
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