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ticable, its plan is formal, and its decorations will be mainly 

 architectural. 



The ground-work of the whole of the park south of the Lookout 

 Hill, having to be made from material excavated from the lake site, 

 and every tree, shrub, and stone to be moved to it, and every varia- 

 tion from a plain surface to be formed, it will be some time before 

 the design can be fully realized ; but it is hoped that this statement 

 of its intention will sufficiently show that, while the simplest form 

 of healthful and educative rural education has been studiously pro- 

 vided for, the use of the park as a place to see people under pleasant 

 circumstances, and in which to be cheered by the pervading gayety 

 of a great company coming together simply for pleasure, has not 

 been neglected. 



No part of the park is designed with reference to use after night- 

 fall. There are many reasons why it should not be. The attempt 

 to light any large ground, planted closely, or with underwood in the 

 natural style, sufficiently to make it a safe resort, always fails. If 

 in the midst of a large town, its use for immoral and criminal pur- 

 poses more than balances any advantages it may offer. It has been 

 shown that where the climate makes the night the most agreeable 

 time for open-air recreation, formal promenades between rows of 

 trees, on regular, strongly defined and well lighted walks, are cus- 

 tomary. Not only the parkways now under construction are of this 

 character, but the park is designed to be surrounded on all sides 

 with a broad avenue for carriages, and a well-lighted mall, thirty feet 

 wide, for walking. Wherever practicable this is made to overlook 

 the park, from which it is to be divided by a parapet three feet in 

 height, the total height of the interior wall being eight feet. The 

 Plaza is designed with a similar purpose, and the planting and light- 

 ing arrangements have been studied with special reference to night 

 effects. 



In our last report we spoke of that intention of the plan which is 

 to be more especially realized in the pastoral district of the Long 

 Meadow, and among the scattered trees of the West and Mid Woods 

 which border it. The central walk leading from the Plaza to the 

 hills and the promenade district, after passing through this open and, 

 for the present, rather too sunny ground, reaches the edge of a pool 

 of water in the lowest part of the meadow, which is also intended to 

 be sunny and bright ; it is then carried to the left, and passes through 

 a shady ravine, from which it issues through the Nethermead Arches 

 upon another broad and open space of greensward, with placid water 

 in view beyond it. The ravine is designed to provide favorable con- 



