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Olympic Flowers on Display

2005/09/01

More than 800 kinds of flowers are on display at Yuyuantan Park in Beijing during August, to test which species do well during the city's hot and humid summers.

The Beijing Youth Daily reports that the flowers will be displayed all over Beijing, including those at different Olympic gymnasiums.

The city's gardening department has been working for two years to ensure that come 2008, beautiful flowers adorn the city.

More than 1,000 types of flowers have been tested, and 500 have been pre-selected.

 



 
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