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 Roads and Paths 



The public driveway system of the Garden, as planned, 

 is now complete with the exception of surfacing the un- 

 finished portion from opposite the propagating houses to 

 the southeastern entrance, a distance of about 1,200 feet. 

 Pending the grading and opening of the Bronx Boulevard 

 which bounds the Garden to the east, it has not been 

 worth while to open this road, but that street is now graded, 

 and the road may be completed by surfacing it with trap- 

 rock screenings next season; its completion was also sus- 

 pended, awaiting the determination of plans by the Park 

 Department for a connection of this road with a Park 

 driveway to the south; this study has now been completed, 

 and work was commenced by the Park Department on this 

 road-extension during the autumn; the plan requires the 

 construction of about 100 feet of additional driveway 

 within the Garden reservation, and establishes a very 

 important Park driveway entrance at this point. The 

 Telford foundation for a service road from the stable to 

 the nurseries was built during the autumn, and another 

 service road from the main driveway to the nurseries was 

 completed. 



The path system has been greatly extended during the 

 year. In the north meadows, on both sides of the river, 

 it is now nearly complete as planned, except for a stretch 

 of about 1,000 feet along the east side of the river and a 

 loop of about 800 feet east of the Woodlawn Road Bridge. 

 The path approaches to the Newell Avenue entrance, at 

 the northern end of the grounds, were partially completed, 

 as also those to the Bleecker Street entrance, near the 

 stable. A great deal of partial work was accomplished 

 on paths at various points in the arboretum, which may 

 readily be connected and completed during the next year. 

 About 300 feet of path was built to connect paths already 

 constructed through the woods, at points east and north- 

 east of the herbaceous garden. A path about 500 feet in 

 length was constructed from the east end of the second lake, 



