(i REPORT OF THE 



tendent of Parks of the work clone by this Department 

 during the year 1891. 



MAINTENANCE. 



The regular routine of maintenance consisted, as usual, in 

 caring for drives, walks, bridle roads, lawns, trees and 

 shrubs, propagating and caring for plants, flower beds, 

 drainage of land and drives, the general repairs of build- 

 ings, rolling stock, fences, etc., etc. 



PROPAGATING HOUSES AND FLOWER GARDENS. 



Although the commencement of propagating was delayed 

 until the first of February, owing to the extensions of the 

 houses not being ready, all of the bedding plants needed 

 for the Department, consisting of over two hundred thou- 

 sand (200,000) plants, were propagated, together with the 

 disposal of fifty -five thousand (55,000) bulbs, under the 

 supervision of Mr. D. C. Thomson, Head Gardener, in 

 charge of the greenhouses. 



TREES AND SHRUBS. 



The additions to the nurseries, the planting and trans- 

 planting of trees and shrubs to the different Parks and 

 Parkways, the pruning of trees and shrubs, cutting down 

 dead wood and the removal of superfluous undergrowth 

 have been continued, with very satisfactory results. 



PROSPECT PARK DRIVES. 



The new drive from Breeze Hill and the new bridge, to- 

 gether with gutters, drains, basins, curbs and sidewalks, has 

 been completed to the junction of the West Drive, between 

 Gates 4 and 5. This and the centre drive from Gate 5 to 

 the Music Stand have been laid with double screened Roa 

 Hook gravel, and all of the drives kept in repair *'ith the 

 same material, as well as the bridle roads. 



