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That this park might be made of even greater service to the 
public, by emphasizing its educational side, Mr. Letchworth 
wished to have a study made of the arboreal vegetation in the 
park and the trees properly labelled. Dr. N. L. Britton, the 
Director-in-Chief of the Garden, was consulted in this matter, 
with the result that I was selected to visit the park and consult 
with Mr. Letchworth in reference to this. My first visit was made 
in the fall of 1907, and a sample of the label used on the trees in 
the New York Botanical Garden was submitted. Mr. Letch- 
worth approved of this, and during July of the present year I 
made a second visit for the purpose of superintending the affix- 
ing of a number of labels of this type. 
With this brief oe of the history of Letchworth Park, I 
some of its beauties and points of interest. A reference to the 
accompanying map will help make clear the positions of the 
various places mentioned. 
rom New York City the region is reached most conveniently 
by the Erie railroad. Leaving the train at Portage, which is on 
the Livingston county side of the river, a short walk brings us to the 
long viaduct, upon which the railroad crosses the Genesee. From 
the middle of this structure, which is two hundred and thirty- 
four feet above the level of the river, a magnificent view of the 
Genesee gorge may be had. Before us to the north, as far as 
the eye can see, lies a beautiful panorama of undulating hills and 
forest stretches, with the gorge and river winding like a narrow 
ribbon to the north. About five hundred feet from the viaduct 
the Genesee takes its first plunge, a cloud of spray and rising 
mists marking the position of the chasm into which the river leaps. 
This is known as the upper fall. Away to the northeast, about 
twenty-one hundred feet beyond the upper fall, another cloud of 
mist and spray reveals the spot where the river takes its second 
plunge, this being known as the middle fall. It is but a few hun- 
dred feet from this, on the left bank of the stream, that the resi- 
dence of Mr. Letchworth is located. Between this and the third 
and last fall, out of view beyond the distant bend, lies the pictur- 
esque gorge of the Genesee. , 
