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ditional plans approved, but not yet carried out, call for about 
1,000 feet. The desirability of still further elaborating the path 
system at places, in order to lead visitors more closely to parts 
of the collections, is apparent, and this is now under study. It 
was early determined that the lines of travel through the natural 
woodlands should be trails rather than constructed paths, and 
a large portion of these have been provided with low railings, 
found necessary to prevent the increasing number of visitors 
from trampling the undergrowth and damaging the trunks and 
roots of trees. An appropriation for continuing this railing of 
trails has been asked from the city. 
Paths completed and opened thus far in 1912 include one from 
the flower gardens at conservatory range no. 1 through the 
pinetum to the path on the southern side of the driveway in front 
of the museum building; a path from the temporary wooden 
chestnut bridge over the Bronx River at the southern end of the 
north meadows, running northward along the river to the Upper 
Bridge in the north end of the grounds, and a path from the east 
end of the Long Bridge over the Bronx River, running northward 
along the river and through the north meadows to the Newell 
Avenue entrance at Williamsbridge, together with several short 
connections between these paths and others already constructed, 
making a total path length 1o feet in width of 3,750 feet thus far 
completed in 1912, and it is expected to complete and open at 
least 1,000 feet more during the remainder of the year. 
The most difficult of this construction, and that which has 
required the most time and closest attention, is the path along 
the east side of the Bronx River northward from the Long Bridge, 
where a rough stone wall had to be constructed for some 500 
feet immediately on the edge of the river to carry this path, 
which has been provided with a high railing as a precaution 
against visitors slipping into the stream; it was well worth the 
time and work required, however, for it is one of the most 
attractive paths to be found anywhere in the Park System, and 
its completion now enables visitors to walk either immediately 
along or within sight of the river practically all the way from 
Williamsbridge to Pelham Avenue, passing out of the Garden 
reservation to the south just north of the Lorillard Mansion. 
