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completed; it is hoped to connect the iris garden with the 
path running north to the herbaceous garden during next 
season. About 4oo feet of path running northwest from 
conservatory range 2 was partially constructed, and some 
work was done on paths on the eastern side of this con- 
servatory range. The total length of paths partially 
constructed during the season is nearly half a mile. With 
trap-rock screenings furnished by the Park Department, 
the pinetum path, built last year, was permanently sur- 
faced, and repairs to the surfaces of paths at many points 
were made. 
The maintenance of driveways has been accomplished 
by the Park Department as required by the charter of the 
Garden, and the surfaces have now been brought into good 
condition, except the road east of the Bronx River extend- 
ing north from the long bridge to the Bronx River Parkway, 
and the road running south from the herbaceous garden to 
the Linnaean bridge; the Park Department proposes to 
put these roads in good order first thing in the spring, 
and material for this purpose has been assembled. The 
maintenance of paths, although referred to the Park 
Department by the Garden’s charter, has been accom- 
plished by us. 
All the bridges in the road and path system are in good 
order, and have not required any repairing during the year. 
Electric Lighting of the Driveways 
During the season, the Department of Water Supply, 
Gas and Electricity submitted a series of plans for the 
electric lighting of the driveways throughout the entire 
reservation, to take the place of the naphtha lamps pre- 
viously in use. These plans were carefully studied in 
consultation with engineers of this city department and 
locations for cables along the edges of the roads were 
determined, especial care being taken to avoid cutting 
the roots of any trees. I required, before approving the 
plans, that no tree root over half an inch in diameter should 
