286 GENERAL HISTORY, 



A plat of ground at Lansing, formerly intended for cemetery purposes, 

 but now known as East Side Park, embracing from ten to fifteen acres of 

 ground, witb a somewhat rolling surface, and containing more or less of the 

 original timber growths, has been laid out as a public park, and some of its 

 drives and walks completed and others partially graded. This is alleged to 

 be the only public jmrk within the limits of the county. 



A notice of the ornamental grounds connected with the Agricultural Col- 

 lege will appear in connection with the history of that institvition. 



The grounds surrounding the State Capitol at Langing correspond, in 

 extent, very well with the magnitude of the building, but no effort for land- 

 scape effect is perceptible, if indeed such were possible. The chief purpose 

 seems to have been to secure regular slopes and open lawn in every direc- 

 tion — tree and shrub planting being almost wholly confined to the outer 

 walks. 



The somewhat extensive grounds of the State Asylum for the Blind, in 

 the northern part of the city of Lansing, contrast favorably, in this particu- 

 lar, with the Capitol grounds, they being more artistically laid out and 

 planted, with the probability that, when the trees shall be well grown, the 

 pleasantness of the institution, at least to managers and visitors, will be 

 decidedly improved. 



Similar remarks may apply to the surroundings of the Eeform School 

 buildings, except that the institution has been very much longer in exist- 

 ence, and such surroundings consequently more fully matured. 



In the matter of a cemetery, the citizens of Lansing have recently pre- 

 pared for its needs to the remote future, by the purchase of eighty acres of 

 suitable, high, rolling land from one and a half to two miles southeast of 

 the city, about one-half of which has been appropriately laid out and par- 

 tially improved and occupied. 



The soil being quite sandy, considerable expense has been found necessary 

 in the preparation of the more important drives, to fit them to fully with- 

 stand the very heavy weights that may be expected to pass over them. This 

 work has been very thoroughly done under the supervision of William Apple- 

 ton, the city engineer, who has also had much to do with the laying out and 

 general arrangement of the grounds, and who, during the past summer, 

 supervised the grading and preparation of the streets by which it may be 

 reached from the city. 



The census of 1884 reports, in Ingham county, of apple orchards 7,985 

 acres, :352,08G bearing trees, yielding in 1883, 193,503 bushels of fruit. 



Peach orchards, 80 acres, 9,821 bearing trees, yielding in 1883, 2,470 

 bushels of fruit. 



The value of orchard products of all kinds, sold or consumed in 1883, was 

 $93,474.00. 



Vineyards, 5 acres: grapes sold in 1883, 2,900 pounds. 



wine made in 1883, 14 gallons. 



Nurseries, 5 acres, products sold in 1883, 82,900.00. 



Market garden products sold in 1883, 88,435.00. 



