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Japanese Garden

Treasury Gardens c.1905

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A colour postcard of the Treasury Gardens, c.1905.  It was printed in Germany.

When the Treasury Gardens were first layed out they included an ornamental pond.  In 1901 William Guilfoyle, director of the Royal Botanical Gardens, was asked to redesign the pond into a Japanese Garden.  It was completed in 1903.

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