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Garden, and this avoided the necessity of instrumental 
work; the map accompanying this survey was drawn, how- 
ever, to the scale of 60 feet to the inch, whereas all our 
other maps have been drawn to the scale of 50 feet to an 
inch. Mr.Brinley enlarged this survey map, and the record, 
on three folio sheets, has been added to survey maps made 
in 1895 and 1896. We thus have complete records of the 
original topography of the entire area. 
Based upon the survey thus obtained and careful studies 
in the field, Mr. Brinley prepared the general plan of 
development of the additional land, which was approved 
at your meeting of November 18, 1915. The preparation 
of plans for a rose garden was referred to Mrs. Beatrix 
Farrand in cooperation with Mr. Brinley at the meeting of 
June 17. Progress has been made in this study and 
preliminary plans were submitted at the meeting of 
November 18, and referred to a committee for further 
consideration and report. 
Connection with the Bronx River Parkway 
The plans of the Bronx Parkway Commission for the 
development of the reservation extending from the northern 
end of the Garden north to Kensico are now being elab- 
orated, and conferences have been held with the engineers 
and other officials of that Commission relative to the 
connection of Garden driveways and paths. A harmonious 
result has been arrived at, and a plan showing proposed 
connections will be submitted to us by the Bronx Parkway 
Commission in the near future. It is probable that a 
portion of our border screen at the northern end of the 
grounds had better be eliminated, for there seems no reason 
for a sharply defined boundary being maintained. It will 
be recalled that in 1911, at the request of the President of 
the Borough of The Bronx, we tentatively approved a plan 
submitted by him for the construction of a boundary street 
along the northern side of the Garden on a high level 
viaduct, the location of this proposed street being partly 
