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The Brook.—The report of the curator of plants calls attention 
to the reconstruction of the upper portion of the brook, near the 
lake, necessitated by the grading operations. In addition to this 
work, the swamp and most of the pools were enlarged during the 
spring and summer. 
Plans for New Grading—During the fall and winter of 1913 
the preparation of plans was under way for completing the grad- 
ing of the area between Mt. Prospect reservoir and the Museum 
building. To complete this work, and to secure a good lawn on 
the portion graded during 1913, will require an additional appro- 
priation by the City from corporate stock. 
Walks.—During December the preparation of Olmsted Bros. 
of plans and specifications for new walks throughout the Garden 
was well under way. 



Value of the Land Comprising the Garden 
The cost value of the land comprising the Garden, as recorded 
on page 98 of the Garden Recorp for July, 1913, on the authority 
of the Comptroller’s report, as published on page 4159 of the 
City Record for May 6, 1913, was subsequently found to be 
erroneous, since the figures there given refer to only a portion of 
the Garden property. Since part of the land included in the Gar- 
den was acquired with the original Prospect Park lands, and part 
with the site of Mt. Prospect reservoir, it is not possible now to 
determine the cost of the particular portions of these acquisitions 
now devoted to the use of the Garden. 
However, by correspondence with the office of the Comptroller, 
it has been ascertained that the present value of the Garden land 
is placed at $2,400,000, of which $2,200,000 refers to the original 
area assigned by the Department of Parks for Garden purposes 
on December 28, 1909; and $200,000 to the addition between Mt. 
Prospect reservoir and the Museum building, assigned to the In- 
stitute for the use of the Garden on September 9, 1912. These 
figures do not include the site of the Central Museum, nor the 
improvements to our property since it was acquired. These fig- 
ures, and those for property adjacent to the Garden, are shown on 
the map, figure 5. 
