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large collection. The result was very gratifying and was greatly 

 appreciated by the public. On the steep slopes, adjoining the 

 Terrace Bridge and the lake borders, eight hundred trees and 

 bushes, and thousands of willow cuttings, were planted. It is to 

 be greatly regretted, however, that many of the willow cuttings 

 (planted last fall) were destroyed during the skating season. 

 Over i 50 trees of various kinds and 125,000 plants and bushes, 

 consisting of hardy shrubbery and climbers, were planted in 

 various parts of Prospect Park. 



REPAIRS TO BUILDINGS. 



The appearance of the buildings was greatly improved by 

 being painted, renovated and decorated. 



Early in the spring it was found that the stable was in exceed- 

 ingly bad condition. All the stalls were removed, the floors taken 

 up and four feet of mud dug out. The space thus created was 

 filled with cinders, thoroughly tamped, upon which were laid 

 yellow pine timbers, 4x6, and the space in between filled with 

 asphalt. A yellow pine flooring, two inches thick, tongued and 

 grooved, was laid and thoroughly tarred. The whole floor was 

 covered with two-inch spruce planks. The traps and gutters were 

 connected with the sewer, six-inch vitrified pipe being used. In 

 fitting up the stable there were used twenty-four oak turned 

 posts, twenty-four stall guards and partitions, nineteen closets, 

 twenty-four mangers, six racks for drying blankets, a patent oat 

 cleaner, and one hundred and fifty feet of iron gutters. The 

 stairs were remodeled, double doors constructed, two oak door 

 sills provided and the interior ceiled with yellow pine ceiling. A 

 temporary stable and shed were constructed for use during these 

 repairs. The outside of the stable and of the large workshops 

 were painted, the sash reglazed and the plumbing put in proper 

 order. The brick work around the furnace in the Litchfield 

 Mansion was taken down during repairs and rebuilt. 



The upper room of the Croquet Shelter was converted into a 

 ladies' toilet room, and in doing this there were used two closets 

 with tank's, one marble slab wash-basin, thirty feet of 2-inch lead 

 soil pipe, twenty feet of 1. 1. inch soil pipe, twenty-five feet of 



