524 



SIXTH annual report of the Commissioners for I860, 85. 

 Olmsted & Vaux' plan of improvement, 91. 



disadvantages of dividing the park by Flatbush avenue, 92. 



general purposes of a park, 94. 



how the objects of a park are to be attained, 97. 



artistic elements in a park design, 98. 



places of assembling and for rest, 104. 



sylvan features indispensible, 105. 



playgrounds and deer paddock, 100. 



water- works and drainage, 106. 



rides, drives, and walks, 107. 



boundary arrangements, 111. 



of exterior streets, 112. 



museums and other educational structures, 114. 



suburban connections, 116. 



SEVENTH annual report of the Commissioners for 1866, 123. 



popular approval of the plan of improvement which had been 



adopted, 124. 

 extension of boundary authorized by the Legislature, and failure 



to obtain the property between Ninth and Tenth avenues, 



125. 

 parade ground placed under charge of the Commissioners, 



125. 

 former abuses in legal proceedings corrected, 126. 

 organization of the Park Board, and mode of transacting its 



business, 127. 

 engineer's office destroyed by fire, 129. 

 Friends' cemetery may be purchased, 132. 

 Park Ordinance, No. 1, 136. 

 Olmsted & Vatjx report progress of work, 138. 

 the Plaza should be enclosed and planted, 139. 

 Vanderbilt and other avenues should be widened and improved, 



140. 

 a broad eastern avenue suggested, 142. 

 Engineer Davis reports the organization and discipline of the park 



forces, 144. 

 progress of the work, 146. 

 EIGHTH annual report of the Commissioners for 1867, 153. 



absolute necessity of acquiring the property between Ninth and 



Tenth avenues, 156. 

 objections to the improvement of the land east of Flatbush 



avenue, 156. 

 advantages of opening a great eastern approach to the park, 157. 

 propriety of laying out streets over the residue of Kings county, 



157. 

 park already thronged with visitors, 160. 



