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as the requirements of the trees individually. Where the woods 

 are thin, openings can be made to give breadth of view, or for 

 meadow-like effects. 



Along the boundary lines on Myrtle avenue, much land has 

 been plowed in readiness for the plantation of border screens. 

 These plantations are to be thickly planted, so that the trees will 

 afford protection to each other and quickly form the screening 

 belt. As they spread and crowd each other, surplus trees are to 

 be removed for transplanting elsewhere. 



THE ROAD ACROSS THE MARSH — DYKER BEACH. 



On the south side of Myrtle avenue, an iron picket fence has 

 been constructed, extending from the western boundary east- 

 ward to the New York and Rockaway Beach Railroad. 



AT THE DYKER BEACH. 



Dyker Beach Park lies on Gravesend Bay, between Seventh 

 and Fourteenth avenues, and has a frontage on the bay of 1,780 

 feet. The general contour of its surface comprises a salt marsh, 

 surrounded by rising and rolling ground, and has great natural 

 advantages. 



