TEXAS NATURE OBSERVATIONS AND REMINISCENCES. 249 



occupied by attractive residences 

 and dairies, etc. 



Among others of thousands of 

 attractive nature-sceneries around 

 the Alamo City none — except per- 

 haps the old Missions, the Gov- 

 ernment Post and our beautiful 

 City Parks of late years — have 

 been admired more and have been 

 subjected to photo-reproduction 

 than the San Pedro Springs Park 

 and Zoological Garden, and the 

 .old Braekenridge Park, with its 



company with an old friend and 

 formerly County Physician — Dr. 

 Robert Lee Winters of San An- 

 tonio; and another view of the 

 park shows some of the deer 

 scattered among the forest of 

 hackberry trees and shrubbery — 

 a midwinter scenery, reminding 

 one of the large herds of deer 

 seen in olden times out on the 

 plains and hilly regions northwest 

 of San Antonio. 



In olden days San Antonio's 



An 0LD-*riME Goat and Sheep Scenery, Akound a WateR' 



AND Mesquite Trees; 



century-old forest trees, elegant 

 driveways, river-sceneries, flow- 

 er beds, and collection of wild an- 

 imals, including the buffalo, elk, 

 deer and a large number of ex- 

 ceedingly attractive fowls of va- 

 rious types and colors. 



The photo herein gives a faint 

 idea of the beauty and attractive- 

 ness of this park, with 

 its moss-covered trees and shrub- 

 bery, taken many years ago in 



■Pool, Surrounded With Huisache, Oaks, Hackberry 

 Near San Antonio 



most popular park — the San Pe- 

 dro Springs Park, with its impos- 

 ing shade trees — its oak, hack- 

 berry, poplar, willow, walnut, pe- 

 can, Cottonwood, huisache and 

 other forest trees appeared more 

 attractive than now in its wild 

 and natural beauty; but most of 

 the old-time forest trees- — some 

 over a century old, are there to- 

 day yet. There are attractive 

 walks, also the ancient and beau- 



