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Paths 
A path 10 feet wide and 85 feet long was constructed on 
the northern bank of the Rose Garden to connected the 
upper part with the stairway. At the bottom of the steps 
in the Rose Garden a path 45 feet long and Io feet wide was 
completed. A 10-foot path 185 feet long was completed 
at the southern end of the Rose Garden leading through 
the canyon and also an 8-foot path 200 feet long. A path 
500 feet long and 10 feet wide on the eastern side of the 
School Garden running to the southeastern entrance 
of the grounds and another 270 feet long and Io feet wide 
running north at the School Garden were completed. 
A 25-foot road, 75 feet long, was lined with stone and 
made ready for paving at the eastern entrance of conser- 
vatory range 2. In the Magnolia Collection a 10-foot 
path 385 feet long was paved and made ready for screening. 
All the paths on both sides of the Bronx River in the Salice- 
tum were repaired, ashed and rolled down. ‘To connect 
the Iris Garden with the Horticultural Gardens a 10-foot 
path 400 feet long was paved and ashed. At the southern 
end of the Magnolia Collection 350 feet of a 10-foot path 
have been lined and made ready for paving. , 
All the paths in the Horticultural and Rose Gardens were 
reashed and rolled. The path through the Hemlock Grove 
to the bridge at the falls was resurfaced. 
Buildings 
The front steps of the museum building were repointed 
and the interior of the library rear wall was remodeled and 
plastered. The wall and ceiling of the typists’ room was 
repaired. This work was done by the masons. Other 
minor plaster repair work was accomplished throughout 
the building. Several of the doors, windows and cases of 
the museum building were repaired by the carpenters. 
Twelve new herbarium cases were built by a contractor 
for museum specimens. The steam engineers made all 
necessary repairs to steam leaks in the museum building 
and the water system was repaired by the plumber. 
