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The better to carry out the idea of a play green for children 

 in this park, trees of sturdy constitution will be added, and not 

 so much effort made to maintain the shrubbery, under such con- 

 ditions. 



At Winthrop Park, a city square which contains seven acres, 

 the improvements during the past year comprise a cement con- 

 crete sidewalk, eight feet in width, laid around its four sides, a 

 distance of about 2,900 lineal feet. This walk was laid by park 

 workmen. 



Under a contract with Thomas Monahan & Sons, an orna- 

 mental fence enclosing the park has been erected. It is of heavy 

 pipe rails, with iron posts set on a bluestone coping, eighteen 

 inches by twelve inches. 



A pavilion of the same design as that at City Park has also 

 been erected in this park. 



The conditions in Winthrop Park resemble those at City 

 Park as regards use of the grass by children, and the same 

 measures must be adopted to meet the situation, that is, to 

 plant trees of rugged, hardy constitution, and either abandon 

 shrub culture, or confine their groupings within low fences at 

 such points as may be desirable, and arrange other details to 

 conform to the full use of the grass by the children. 



At Bushwick Park the work of improvement was continued 

 during the summer. A system of sewerage was laid, including 

 surface drainage. The walks were covered with five inches in 

 thickness of engine cinders and surfaced with limestone screenings. 



Groupings of shrubs were made, embracing about two thous- 

 and plants. The lawns were seeded, and a shelter of the same 

 design as those at Winthrop and City Parks was erected. 



The soil beds have been prepared for wistarias and clematis 

 and other climbers, to cover the roof and sides of the building. 

 Soil beds are now in preparation for a border line of trees on the 

 outside, for sidewalk shade. 



A CONNECTING ROAD. 



At Bensonhurst Beach, which lies between Twenty-first and 

 Twenty-second avenues, fronting on Gravesend Bay, the work of 

 development consisted of forming a loop roadway connecting 



