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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
the anes oe characteristic zeal, and have 
decided on creating for New YORK a PUBLIC PARK 
iti 
h, 
aa the country, will, if duly e 
n object well deserving o 
ection. 
h many large English towns that are 
situated on the margins of tidal rivers, New York 
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competing plans have appeared in e New York 
| tin. aj from which it is foia gathered that Mr. 
OLMSTEAD is at present ‘‘ Sup 
Central Park,” and AU is architect, 
a work o on architecture, and former. rly 
NG, cape 
urse 
F 
KINTOSH are 
of ‘the "Park Commis sioners. 
New for 
w Yo a ‘Con ral Park contains vesem 
which 38 acres are appropria oa 
large res Ae connected wi e city waters 
works, 112 acres are devoted to a new reservoir for 
ot 
And M 
s|aregular oblong figure, the length being grim 
ow ons than twice the brea aos and the 
el 
penam 
of the island, in the 
whil 
ng from s outh 
abit wi 
f si 
and unoeeupied Soot are al mapped out in |i 
the park, leaving little room except for roads 
rin Ppr of the | may 
e 
bran 
s 
walls ; 5 “while the) 
e justified i 
ent the Pe t a 
it i in Niir report. bi , thi 
most meritorious element 
= opportunity of intr re i 
aried architectural features 
| cases, where masses of rock. ‘oon ses 
appear to oe Pipe beneath the 
of short t 
public roads aon 
aa a the transverse 
e pa 
br at connects it with the p 
aches ii 
e| with th ark, e 
remaining 
PY $3 
, and oce upy- 
niles 
near gat Kaak, has appro- 
priately he! the ‘title of “Central Park.” 
ails 
2 
e 
to the 
ation. it is computed that the whole island 
popula babl be inhabited by the ee of this 
ce the Central Park will th n full 
exempli! the propriety of its name, iri Tonin 
of ppsa Hor . the surrounding inhabitants. 
eat public Lew had been 
veral years prio: 1853, 
assignment and abandonment of 
works required in are form: 
ornamenting the park In uly, 1855, the Com- 
i pedal of beauty, as from i 
ull pro 
a half | its 
th 
with an 
Virtually etes the eed 
wo parts, ey ata d of h ecoming a prime 
are contrived vid 
e to a par: 
seem, from the estimates, that I 
I 
ing, for picturesque purposes, what woul 
have proved such a truly noble on t to the 
par. ys 
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-|do the g 
ord 
satisfy practical recite ments without utterly de- | 
, | Stroyin ab 
two 
to be set back 
ppa 
Dea eee catia or some years, is at 
— south east corner, and instead o 
being cut off at a an angle 
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park comprise s many Rea phe of veh resqueness. 
It is traversed by several ravines of considerable 
of them 
ed 
out along their ee 
| itself, 
|a ed ain yari soon parallel with the side stresi 
[is Sr to the street, and the drive takes, for som 
tance, nearly 
This is a pla ae ch a ata 
Rosine the levels of the in 
rocky bluffs exhibit themselves 
or broad ces 
T native Pietation is 
aist ; and an Englis 
bold think hi 
‘then ims 
the centre of t ark, on the east side, wheres | 
h | 
6 par 
bold semicircle i is shown, bd two entrance roads 
the access to the 
Beeches, 
spies — Oaks, Ashes, Poplars, Acacias, 
| shrul ina wild state, as the constituents of 
y 
Pre that ri par aa in 
printed ‘conditions pdo ed fe 
ipulated that pin ‘should 
made their — award, which was con 
an 
nfirmed 
Febru 1856, and general rai era to 
execute the scheme were nominate 
ing toh when the leading fective 4 iy A fen o 
ms were settled aut the works commenced. 
a pet aue 
ollow- 
f | venie: 
-~ operatio 
Subsequently, a very elaborate survey 
under the direction of area iA VEILE, 
win 
ae prominent ideas 
AD & paa] 
t | where gat tes e of eou sH ig required, 
t ian open: 
their 
r the use of com- too, 
be 
e | EE 80 
es | the level of the are that pte ve 
is 
ing a publie 
which will doubtless be without gates, s0 
sae, there will be a want of that harmony 
is essential to dig — of character. @ 
The only m of exterior fenci 
in 
te 
slopes,” the length being about si 
however, some of the ee 
is toke fore tot goes ae 
some parts th 
ha 
and by 
within the 1 park ; ie, aod b aap 
gested, ae designers ap 
the of all e hng 
possible, and 00 to shut up the 
roads, 
of vive ting? 
soe in to serve as a sort 
time, moreover, a ki vertise for 
lans for laying ou spe in ek spirit of 
e Te ser ie arate ings, 
four premiums of about 4307. ose. 1602., and 
100 guineas pa be er were offered r the fou 
best plans. PR -four design 
appeal, nearly the whole o 
mn “At re 
onl 
SRR 
m h 
laid considerable stress on 
and ae eal in imperfe pater p rom 
the plan which appeared in the New York Times | 
of n. Ist, may now be briefly sketched. * 
chi 
e ui 
rithin the park the lea ding i 
ar 
ries of cu 
0 
se rved and i 
drives, walks, plantation Ines, &e. 
rted by an 
esigners lave: meen 
_the formation « of sue 
oblique angle with 
| stre ets, and it De meine an 
es ni 
England, and on 
to decide 
min 
x" the merits of these plans, it was deter- 
Mr. Kemp of Birkenhead and the 
ee iations of ai om the | 
-| additional entrance Sates a 
And that this ma; 
mes ei easy. 
| the boys pte of the city lying on each side of Lips pst ong le 
plished without i oo to eae a of rigid 
paS 
re e Com 
Sanne to close the = itself at nhl. the 
four prin roads ai to 
with etal ning walls 7 feet hi 
the ground being likewise 
* We ew publish next week a 
| question. 
copy of the engraving in 
igh along ne idee’ Hen 
ped down to these | turf 
and t 
he no part. There and t 
11 te 12 cee of roads inside the park, | b, 
all 
0 feet wide, 
away aie the park comes 
No special road is devoted to 
