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sufficient space round them for air and moisture 

 to enter. This is far superior to making separate 

 stations for each tree after the road has been made 

 up with every sort of hard substance, which is our 

 English way of planting in streets, and a tar-paved 

 recreation ground requires similar preparation. 



Water is an indispensable feature in a public 

 park. It ensures an absolutely open space which 

 is restful in a crowded public ground, besides being 

 of universal attraction. One piece should be 

 specially designed for the sailing of toy boats, 

 and have a firm cemented margin. Natural 

 grass margins are too easily broken down, and 

 should be used only round purely ornamental water 

 to which the public do not have complete access. 

 A shelving sandy shore makes a safe approach 

 and cannot be spoilt, but is inconvenient for boat- 

 sailing. 



The entrances and gates ought to be regarded 

 as opportunities for really good work. Arrange- 

 ments of flower beds may be grouped at these 

 points, for they are out of place scattered about a 

 landscape plan, and the paths should at once begin 

 to lead away in various directions so as not to 

 encourage crowding the entrances. 



Garden houses for shelter in bad weather will 

 be required to be distributed over the grounds which 

 might be made much more interesting by con- 

 structing the shelters in definite styles, and laying 

 out a consistent design on the adjacent space, 



