Show I Nations Capital Is a City of Parks 1 t ARm VN m Pn W 1i i1I I PcKaw > l PgRk I EXCLUSIVE of the capitol and congressional V con-gressional library grounds the union depot plaza and the botanical gardens the city of Washington boasts more than fiOOO acres in parks I excluding nearly 150 triangles and circles cir-cles at street Intersections and miles upon miles of shaded asphalt streets equal to the boulevards of many other cities Time largest of all these parks Is Rock Creek park This beauty spot covers 1C05 acres immediately adjoining adjoin-ing the Zoological park which contains con-tains 171 acres and Its natural combinations com-binations of rocks and streams hills and dales trees nnd meadows go to make perhaps tho finest groundwork of a public park In any city in the country It will bo probably a hundred years before tho possibilities of this park are realized to the full Including the building of a boulevard down Rock creek into the city of Washington connecting with tho Riverside drive way now known ns Potomac t driveway The River park which reaches tOm the cnpltol to tho Islands of the Potomac Poto-mac contnins in the aggregate 1800 acres but does not represent an amalgamated amal-gamated whole as does the Rock Creek park In the northern portion of the city about a mile eastward from Hock Creek park and connected therewith by the old military road over vdllcli union armies marched In the defense of Washington Is the Soldier Homo I park Commanded by a group of white marble buildings erected on the highest point in the city the park slopes toward the city over nn eltent of 502 uterus Still another park Annlostnn Jn southeast Washington where the river finis will sonic day bo one of the flower gardens of the national capital contaIns 540 acres Tho last of the larger pinks alto In north Washington Is Tacoma pnrk containing 739 acres Other nmiibcment places m 01 the Henry and Seaton parks of 32 sexes Garfield park 24 acres Judiciary t square where is the pension olllco 19 acres and Howard University park of 12 acres Lafayette square In front ifs of tho White House on the norlb in f which no trees or bush Is duplicated s < contains six acres rt r 1r1 |