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Botanic Garden to Move for New Capitol Site
Congress weighs relocating the Botanic Garden from the Capitol west lawn to the north area and creating a national botanic garden and arboretum on Mount Hamilton near the Anacostia Park with 400 acres. The Fine Arts Commission backs Mount Hamilton and transferring public garden features to government lands.
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John Dickinson Sherman
Ncle
Sam
Grant Memorial
Botanic Garden
Congress
Royal Botanic Gardens of
Kew
Botanic Gardens
Berlin
Paris
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Rio de Janeiro
Washington
Capitol
Senate
Fine Arts Commission
Clarence O. Sherrill
Corps of Engineers
Columbian Institute For the Promotion of Arts and Sciences
Wilkes
South Seas
Kew Gardens
Maj. L'%ufant
Grant
Meade
Pennsylvania
Capitol Grounds
National Museum
Agriculture Department
Lincoln Memorial
Library and Congress
District of Columbia
Rock Creek Park
Brightwood
Foundry Branch
Mount Hamilton
Anacostia River
Virginia
National Botanic Garden
Rock Creek
Bladensburg Road
New
Anacostia
Eng Ies Ge
Bladensburg
Hickey Road
Department of Agriculture
Anacostia Park
Baltimore
Maryland Avenue
Capitol Building
Pennsylvania Railroad
Benning Bridge
Pennsylvania Bridge
Anacostia Water Park
Pincian Hill
Rome
Congress Gardens
Commission of Fine Arts
James Creek Canal