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swale of the convention garden. We removed about 150 
yards of earth from power house I to the swale in the con- 
vention garden. 
Drainage 
In order to drain the western side of the rose garden, we 
used 60 feet of 4-inch tile pipe. To connect a path from 
the mansion to the school garden, we covered a culvert 
4 feet wide and 14 feet long with stone 5 inches thick. 
Roads and Paths 
The Park Department tarred and covered with grit all 
roadways throughout the grounds. ‘The iris garden and the 
convention garden have been connected with a 10-foot- 
path 490 feet long and the herbaceous garden and the con- 
vention garden have been connected with a 10-foot path 
360 feet long. We have paved, ashed, and screened 2,300 
feet of 10-foot paths in the convention garden and have 
completed a path 15 feet wide and 168 feet long leading 
from the Southern Boulevard entrance to the circle of the 
convention garden. We have lined 400 feet of 10-foot 
paths running through the magnolia collection. A path 
10 feet wide and 345 feet long from the Bronx Boulevard 
entrance to the school garden has been completed and a 
10-foot path from the shelter-house to the new road, 480 
feet long, was lined and paved; 846 feet of a 6-foot ashed 
path was built through the school garden. A connecting 
path 10 feet vide and 58 feet long was lined near the propa- 
gating houses. 
We have excavated 400 yards of stone from the quarry 
near conservatory range 2 for the foundations of the new 
houses of this range, and 300 yards of stone were removed 
from the quarry near the museum building for the paths of 
the convention garden. For the paths of the rose garden, 
200 yards of stone were excavated from the rose garden area. 
Buildings 
The mechanics have made considerable repairs through- 
out the Garden during the year. The carpenters repaired 
