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opposite the drinking fountain through the woods to the 
arbor, about 700 feet in length and io feet in width, was 
graded, Telford foundation laid, and surfaced with screenings. 
It was opened to the public about the middle of October. 
A path east of and parallel with the driveway, leading 
north from the drinking fountain east of the museum building 
to the curve of the road to the Blue Bridge, of which a part of 
the Telford was previously laid, was continued and graded, 
Telford foundation laid and surfaced to a length of 650 feet, 
11 feet in width. 
After the concrete tanks for aquatic plants in the court of 
the conservatories were completed by contract, their sur- 
roundings were brought to grade and surfaced with 12 to 18 
inches of good topsoil; around these tanks 1,240 linear feet 
of paths, 15 and 20 feet in width, were constructed; the Tel- 
ford stone for these paths was quarried in the rear of the 
museum building. 
Two paths were graded and Telford laid east of the herba- 
ceous grounds over the hills to the woods, and are to be con- 
tinued parallel with the road through the woods to the 
southern boundary of the Garden. 
Grading 
A large area on the hillside east of the conservatories, of 
which a portion was previously graded and topsoiled, has 
been completed, topsoiled and sown. An area west of the 
south gate between the traffic road and the path along the 
southern boundary line has been filled in, drained, graded 
and topsoiled, sodded, sown, and made ready for planting. 
Three small plots and slopes further north along the drive- 
way leading north, were graded and sown. An area north 
of the elevated railway station about 300 x 300 feet was 
regulated and sown. 
To surface the above mentioned areas and a part of the 
court at the conservatories, we hauled 1,160 team loads of 
topsoil from vacant lots west of Webster Avenue and along 
Mosholu Parkway. 
