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While the trees are young and small, so large a space <>]' unshaded 

 ground will appear hot and dreary unless covered with tint'. 



On each side of the central umbrageous quadrangle, and between 

 it and the streets, there is a garden, which being unshaded by trees, 

 may be made very bright and elegant with flowering shrubs ami 

 plants, and perfect turf, and these will be equally well presented to 

 the view of passers-by and the residents of the opposite houses. 

 These garden spaces are proposed to be inclosed by a very light and 

 open fence on the street side, and by a low rail on the promenade side. 

 The turf and flowering plants within being thus protected from close 

 approach, the expense of keeping them in order would be compara- 

 tively small. 



Four entrances to the quadrangle through the garden are pro- 

 vided for, and these are placed at the corners, because they will here 

 give the most direct access to the promenade ground to those ap- 

 proaching from without the square, while the inhabitants of the 

 square, on an average, are equally well accommodated. At each of 

 these entrances four trees are placed, because in these positions they 

 will not obstruct the view from the houses of the garden, nor injure 

 them by the shade. By this arrangement, also, decorative border 

 planting is admissible opposite every house fronting the square. 



The original expense of construction, under this plan, would be 

 less than for a ground laid out in the manner of which Carroll Park 

 is an example, while the results would, it is believed, be much more 

 satisfactory. 



Respectfully, 



" OLMSTED, VAUX & CO., 



Landscape Architects. 



