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the Garden, referred to in my last annual report, has been 

 prosecuted from time to time, but its completion was de- 

 ferred until the grading of the Bronx Boulevard was done 

 at that entrance; this has now been accomplished by the 

 Department of Public Works and the building of the last 

 few hundred feet of the driveway is in progress; this will 

 complete the driveway system of the Garden as planned. 



In the building of paths, work has been mainly directed 

 to those in the north meadows and the approaches to the 

 Upper Bridge, where much progress has been made, and 

 much more can advantageously be done there during the 

 next season. The permanent path crossing the Boulder 

 Bridge has been constructed; both sidewalks of the Long 

 Bridge were built, and one of the sidewalks of the Upper 

 Bridge; the foundations for paths at conservatories no. 2, 

 temporarily used for roadways, were constructed. Two 

 short lengths of paths were built near the station of the 

 Harlem Division, New York Central Railroad and one in 

 the fruticetum through the Forsythia collection, designed to 

 afford more direct passage for persons walking from the 

 Elevated Railroad Station to Williamsbridge. The path 

 forming the rear approach to the west wing of the museum 

 building from the western end of lake no. I was partly 

 constructed. 



Portions of paths previously built in various parts of the 

 grounds and surfaced with coarse trap rock screenings were 

 surfaced with fine screenings. The total length of paths 

 completed during the year is about 2,125 f eet > an ^ the Tel- 

 ford foundations for about as much more were laid. 



The charter of the Garden provides that for the mainte- 

 nance of proper roads and walks, the grounds of the Garden 

 shall remain subject at all times to the control of the Board 

 of Commissioners of the Department of Parks. This duty 

 has not been wholly efficiently carried out up to the present 

 time, and the driveways have at times been in bad condition. 

 Two men have been detailed by the Park Department for 

 a portion of the season to keep the roads clean, but the 



