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he plans were then submitted to the Municipal Art Commis- 
sion and received the approval of that body on May 8, 1916. 
The work of grading and drainage of the site was at once com- 
menced 
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and just east of the driveway apnesachine the mansion from 
Pelham Avenue. The land here has been used by the Park 
Department during several years as a mixed flower garden; it is 
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rose garden site it is crossed by a driveway and pa system now 
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“A certain wally: crossed by a road, and of irregular shape, 
in the souliprn: Rewly peices part of the Porn Garden n, 
aro e garden 
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for its treatm 
“As the roses to be grown in the garden may be separated into 
two distinct penises natural wild species and the horti- 
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alae Sree and ifr ] manner and surrounding the 
nin 1 frame of an enclosed garden.” 
“The ae of the rose garden may be entered from three 
