1 6 A Plan for the Development of the 



it accessible to all. The several species should be marked with 

 neat and inconspicuous labels. 



Such a garden would require a certain amount of puttering care, 

 but no heavy expense of maintenance should be expected. If 

 some person connected with the local staff of the Forest Service 

 will give the matter some personal and sympathetic attention the 

 garden can be made a most attractive feature. Without such per- 

 sonal and sympathetic care no appropriations of funds will save it. 



This garden, where visitors would be able to identify and to 

 learn the correct names of interesting local trees, shrubs, and herbs, 

 would certainly be of lively interest to many canyon visitors. The 

 Tusayan Garden would very soon become one of the stock sights 

 of the place. It would offer another interest to visitors, and would 

 serve our fundamental purpose of dispersing them farther along 

 the rim. 



Automobile Outlook 



Under present conditions the canyon rim can not be convei 

 iently reached by automobiles except at a very few points, 

 remedy this situation and thereby provide another feature oi 

 interest along the rim eastward, I have proposed the development 

 of the Automobile Outlook at a point somewhat northeast of the 

 Tusayan Garden. At the point selected the canyon wall drops 

 sheer for more than 1,000 feet, and through the resulting gorge 

 the view opens unobstructed to the Indian Gardens below, wide 

 reaches of the mesa and to the peaks and " temples" beyond. 

 The view is one of the most impressive in this vicinity. 



The rim would require protection here by a suitable rustic wall 

 and a few seats should be provided. Just back of the rim a large 

 parking space is planned where the automobiles of a visiting excur- 

 sion could be acccommodated. This parking space and the 

 Automobile Outlook are easily reached by a spur road running u 

 from Grand View Road along a small ravine. 



