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Photo 28 is of special interest. It shows the row of statues on the west side of Sieges Allee. The first in the picture is that of Frederick II, 1440 - 1470, the next that of Frederick I, 1415 - 1440, the third that of Kaiser Sigmund, 1378 - 1397 and 1411 - 1415, and the fourth that of Kaiser Karl IV (our Karel Velký), 137-78.
The line of statues begins at the north end on the west side, near the Column of Victory, with Albrect der Baer, 1100 - 1170, who holds a cross aloft, and has the busts of two bishops behind him.
The line then runs chronologically to the south, Frederick II being at the south end of the lines. Hence

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the line runs north on the East side, and ends with Emperor Wilhelm der Grosse I, with the busts of Bismarck and von Moltke, just opposite Albrecht der Baer.
After dinner we went to Dahlem by rail.
Bertha & Paul went to the Pharmacological Institute, and I to the Botanical Garden.

[[underlined]] Dahlem Botanical Garden [[/underlined]]

These gardens were developed under the encouragement of Emperor Wilhelm, who wished to excell the Kew Gardens. Neither he, nor the botanists, seemed to consider, however, that the sandy region about Berlin is very unfavourable to an all-round garden. Special conditions, such as soil-beds, rock heaps, etc., were created artificially at great