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valley being a very interesting illustration of the behavior 

 of a small stream with a large water-shed at and about its 

 sources. Considerable areas of the marshy land have already 

 been reclaimed by filling, and by the lowering of the dam 

 forming the water-fall at the Lorillard mansion ; the general 

 plan contemplates a much further reduction in the amount of 

 marshy ground, and a further lowering and deepening of the 

 river by dredging, in order to take off freshets with greater 

 rapidity. A part of this flood plain is occupied by the plan- 

 tations of willows and poplars already described, and these 

 will be considerably extended, but large areas of meadow will 

 be left in their natural condition. 



South of these open meadows, the valley of the river is 

 much narrower and is occupied by several acres of charac- 

 teristic river woods, containing a considerable variety of native 

 trees and shrubs, extending south as far as the long driveway 

 bridge near the northern end of the hemlock forest. 



Park Features 



The whole plan of the development of the Garden has 

 been designed in such a manner as to include all the features 

 of a public park, and it has been carried out in close coopera- 

 tion with successive park commissioners and engineers of the 

 Borough of the Bronx. The grounds are open to the public 

 every day in the year without any charge whatever. An 

 elaborate series of driveways provides several miles of Tel- 

 ford-Macadam roads, most of which are now constructed, 

 with suitable entrances at eight points as follows : 



i. Mosholu Parkway. 2. Bedford Park Avenue. 3. 

 Southern Boulevard. 4. Hemlock Forest. 5. Southeastern 

 entrance (not yet constructed). 6. Bleecker Street. 7. 

 Newell Avenue. 8. Woodlawn Road. 



Paths located so as to lead to all the principal features are 

 included in the plan, with an aggregate length of over ten 

 miles and approximately one-half of this system has already 

 been built. 



