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side of the Garden, just south of the service gate on Flatbush 
Ave. The brass strip is securely imbedded in a concrete panel 
enclosed by narrower brass strips. A bronze tablet giving perti- 
nent data has been affixed to a glacial boulder on the west side 
of the walk near the end of the patent line. A photograph of the 
tablet is reproduced as Fig. 8 
The work was planned and the tablet designed by the consult- 
ing landscape architect, Mr. Harold A. Caparn. The brass strip 
was set on December 20 and the bronze tablet on December 28 
by the firm of John Thatcher and Son. The cost was met by 
contributions of members of the Garden. 
The Garden is under obligations to the Department of Parks 
for having the line surveyed, and especially for the preliminary 
study of maps and records necessary in order to have the brass 
strip located as accurately as possible. 
It is hoped that the small sum necessary to mark the patent 
line across the north-south walk along the east side of the Garden 
may become available during 1935. 
Property Assembled in South Addition 
Data concerning the acquisition and cost of the land comprising 
the South Addition are given in the Botanic Garden REcorD for 
November, 1932 (p. 296-298). Land Map 4 (Block 1183, 1191, 
1193, 1195, et al.; Lot 1-1-1-1851 et al.) gives the boundaries of 
the parcels assembled in the area. Figure 5 is based upon this 
land map. These parcels were acquired by the City by condem- 
nation proceedings, title vested April 25, 1904. The area was 
assigned to the Botanic Garden (as indicated above) ten years 
later (1914). 
Figure 6 reproduces the map prepared by the Park Department 
Engineer's Office in 1934, preparatory to locating the patent line 
where it crosses the paved walks along the west and east sides of 
the Garden. 
Figure 7 is a reproduction of a portion of the “Map of Five 
Cities of New York, Brooklyn, Jersey City, Hoboken, and 
Hudson City. Prepared by M. Dripps for Valentines Manuel 
[sic] of the Corporation of the City of New York 1860.” Mt. 
Prospect Reservoir is clearly shown in the area marked ‘' Proposed 
