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these gentlemen have been of great value, and I take pleasure 

 in expressing my high appreciation of their interest in the 

 development of the Garden. 



Care of the Grounds. 



The cleaning, watering and general maintenance of the 

 paths and roads already built has been done by employees of 

 the Park Department. 



The drainage-basins have been inspected at intervals, and 

 cleaned out whenever necessary. 



The lawns and banks have been mowed and rolled by 

 horses and hand-mowers. 



The hay on all undeveloped parts of the tract has been cut 

 and stacked in barracks near the stable, more than enough 

 being obtained for the use of the Garden horses ; the surplus 

 has been sold. 



The woodlands have been carefully guarded against fires ; 

 dead, diseased or unsightly trees have been removed, and 

 dead branches pruned from trees desired for preservation. 



On Sundays and holidays the regular police patrol has 

 been supplemented by guards selected from our own em- 

 ployees. Notwithstanding the largely increased number of 

 visitors, no serious damage has been done to the collections ; 

 the picking of wild plants, and of branches from flowering 

 shrubs or trees, has been very materially reduced. It was 

 found desirable during the summer to appoint six of our 

 employees special patrolmen, but it has not been found 

 necessary for them to make an arrest; two or three arrests 

 for breaking branches have been made by the city police, 

 and the prisoners fined. 



There has been some reduction in the amount of paper and 

 other rubbish scattered by visitors, but it has still been found 

 necessary to detail a boy or a man during the summer and 

 autumn, to pick up and burn such litter. It is apparently 

 possible to obtain convictions in the city courts for leaving 

 rubbish of any kind within the city parks, but it has not yet 

 been attempted to obtain them. 



