564 LANDSCAPE GAEDENTNG. 



It is not intended to be arranged formally, but so thai 

 it may present aU. the most beautiful features of lawn 

 and woodland landscape, preserving, at the same time, 

 the natural order of families, as far as practicable. In 

 the event of the extension of the Park to 110th street 

 being made, the space occupied by the Arboretum 

 might be considerably enlarged. 



The lower Part, between 59th street, and the New 

 Reservoir, is far more heterogeneous in its character, 

 and requires a much more varied treatment. Its most 

 prominent and characteristic feature is the long, rocky 

 hill-side immediately south of the Old Reservoir ; and 

 this has been accepted as the central point of landscape 

 attraction, to which the other ornamental ai'rangements 

 of the plan are to be made more or less subservient. A 

 skating-pond, or lake, of varied outline, and containing 

 about fifteen acres, surrounds a considerable portion of 

 the base of this hill, and, in a measure, separates it from 

 the rest of the lower Park. Expanses of lawn are pre- 

 pared on the table-land forming the summit of the hill, 

 and the side is converted into a ramble, with a labyrin- 

 thine arrangement of foot-paths, leading the visitor 

 among groves and shrubbery, rivulets, rocks, and glens, 

 to the prominent points of view that are obtained in this 

 part of the grounds. 



A cavernous passage formed by large, overhanging 

 rocks has been discovered, and excavated during the 

 summer, and is an interesting incident heightening the 

 naturally picturesque character of the ramble. 



The Promenade (J^) is the featuj-e next in importance in 

 the lower Park. It consists of a broad level walk be- 

 tween double rows of elms. The boundaries are to be 

 on all sides irregularly planted, so that its formality will 

 scarcely be perceived, except within itself. Its northern 

 extremity is finished architecturally, and, as suggested 

 by the original outline of the surface, is elevated about 

 twenty feet above the ground immediately to the north, 



