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    <description>Important spaces on the mall (See the "Places" writeboard in basecamp.)</description>
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            <text>Near the Tidal Basin at Maine and Independence Avenues, SW, Washington, DC. </text>
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            <text>One and a half acre garden.</text>
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          <description>A name given to the resource</description>
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              <text>Also known as the Tulip Library, the Floral Library was established in 1969 as part of &lt;a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/438"&gt;Lady Bird Johnson's Capital Beautification Project&lt;/a&gt;. The 'library' has 93 flower beds maintained by the National Park Service. These beds feature either tulips or annuals depending on the planting season. The flowers require up to 10,000 bulbs to be planted by hand each year.</text>
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          <description>A related resource from which the described resource is derived</description>
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              <text>National Park Service. &lt;a href="http://www.washingtongardener.com/index_files/TulipLibrary2007.pdf"&gt;View original.&lt;/a&gt;</text>
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