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drive. Walks were laid out, and groups of trees and shrubbery 

 were planted. On the flat at the foot of the bluff a walk was 

 graded within the tree line along the bottom of the slope. The 

 meadow extending along the whole front was cleared of stone, 

 fences, etc., and made available for a playground. Along the 

 south line a strip of ground varying in width from fifty to one 

 hundred feet, and sinuous in outline, was plowed, and planted 

 with maples, lindens, oaks, etc., under very favorable conditions 

 as to soil and quality of material planted. 



A large quantity of shrubbery has also been planted along the 

 front of the tree plantation, and also along the bottom of the 

 bluff, and on the line of the walk bordering the bottom of the 

 bluff. 



A nursery was commenced in this park in the spring, and the 

 stock has made a good growth during the summer, and is now 

 being used, with other purchased stock, in the plantations re- 

 ferred to. 



WORK IN NEW PARKS. 



Saratoga Square and Irving Square are respectively seven and 

 six acres in extent, or each about the size of one city block. 



During the past summer they have been closed in with iron 

 picket fences, graded, sewered and underlaid with water pipes 

 with hose connections, one hundred feet apart, for surface irriga- 

 tion. 



Walks have been laid out, and a covering of top soil of two 

 feet in thickness has been spread over the surface of each park. 

 The work of planting is now going on, a very fine lot of nursery 

 stock having been secured for the purpose. 



An excavation six feet wide and two feet in depth has been 

 made along the curb lines and filled with top soil to receive the 

 street trees. This large amount of top soil seems a costly item, yet 

 it is money well spent, as it lays the foundation for tree growth. 



Lincoln Terrace is a new park of twelve acres in area, located 

 on Eastern Parkway, between Rochester and Buffalo avenues. It 

 is a very pretty hollow, with hilly ground on the north and west. 



The improvements at this park commenced in May of this 

 year. A number of shanties were cleared away and their founda- 



