LANDSCAPE GARDENING STUDIES 



and where the arch stones perfect and hold to- 

 gether the structure. 



The entrances to this massive stone bridge are 

 heavily screened with quantities of trees, shrubs, 

 and vines, particularly the ivy-like creeper 

 Ampelopsis veitchi clinging by its rootlets to the 

 rough surface of the bridge and covering a con- 

 siderable part of it. Here and there within a short 

 distance of this bridge, and at intervals all along 

 the shores, bowlders are seen just above the water, 

 and back of these, extending over the water, grow 

 white birches and other woodland trees. Wild 

 shrubs, sumacs, and dogwoods appear among 

 these trees and extend up the hillside in great 

 masses. A walk leads over the bridge and along- 

 side a little dell at the end of the lake to the Sixth 

 Avenue entrance at 59th Street. Along the pre- 

 cipitous sides of the promontory on the northwest 

 side of the lake no walk is made. 



The walks on the other side of the lake are 

 planted, with trees of a less woodland character^ — 

 European beeches, Norway maples, and others. 

 The view to the north from the bridge completes 

 the charm of the picture. The eye is led through 

 a series of pools and connecting rivulets away 

 from the lake past low undulating grassy banks 

 and obstructing bowlders into an ever widening 

 lawn, where it loses itself at the base of a gentle 

 slope merging into the woodland beyond. 



The planting of this lake and the curves of the 

 shores are all designed to give limited views, 

 except at one or two unexpected points. 



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