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of 1 8-inch and sixty feet of 1 2-inch cement pipe, forty feet of 8- 

 inch, and three hundred feet of 3-inch vitrified pipe, and seven 

 cast-iron basin heads. 



At the Greenhouse the old floor of the workshop was replaced 

 by a new one ; the floor of the engine room was replaced with one 

 constructed of iron girders, brick arches and cement covering ; 

 one hundred and ninety feet of lattice work, made and fitted on 

 to the benches in the display house ; six hundred feet of new 

 benches were constructed ; a flight of stairs built in the display 

 house ; two hundred and twenty-five feet of flagging laid ; the 

 shed for storing pots extended twenty-six feet ; the cold frames 

 enlarged by being raised two feet six inches ; eighteen stands 

 were made for palms; three hundred boxes for seed planting; six 

 hundred feet of hot beds, and one hundred and fifty feet of sash 

 were made ; glass cases were made ; four hundred and fifty feet of 

 benches were constructed in the propagating house, together 

 with eighty-three brick foundations ; six hundred and fifty feet of 

 water pipe were laid, and the Greenhouse was repainted and re- 

 glazed where needed. 



The rustic carpenters constructed a railing on the bridge near 

 the Swan Boat Lake ; made a table and settee near the Farm 

 House ; a rustic seat for the Umbrella Shelter on Breeze Hill; 

 two easels for the Flower Garden Shelter ; rebuilt the rustic shel- 

 ter near the " Nelly " tree at Battle Pass ; repaired the rustic 

 bridge near Duck Island ; the shelter east of the lake ; two watch 

 boxes, and made necessary repairs to the shelter on the West 

 Drive, which was also re-thatched, 2,000 pounds of straw being 

 used. A bridge, 4x6 feet, was constructed over the gutter on 

 the driveway to the Mansion. 



At Breeze Hill a small nursery was constructed, for the pur- 

 pose of growing hardy herbaceous plants, to be used in the per- 

 ennial garden. This required seven hundred and twenty-eight 

 feet of hot-bed frames, two hundred and nineteen sashes, all of 

 which (excepting fifty) were made, glazed and painted by the 

 Park employees; five hundred seed boxes and two hundred feet 

 <>f water pipe. 



