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interfered with by the carriage road. From the other two en- 

 trances, surface cross-walks arc proposed, as it would be difficult, on 

 account of the embankment that will be necessary to retain the 

 waters of the lake, to adopt the plan used elsewhere. 



BOUNDARY ARRANGEMENTS. 



Outside the exterior drives and walks, such extent of ground only 

 is wanted as is necessary to enable us, by planting and otherwise, to 

 shut out of view that which would be inharmonious with and coun- 

 teractive to our design. This extent we find in all cases, without 

 carrying the boundary beyond the nearest street line, as laid down 

 on the city map, and except at the two points where the ground, 

 which might otherwise seem to be more than is required to enable 

 us to plant out the boundary, is occupied by the zoological grounds 

 and the deer paddock before described, it will be found that the 

 amount of ground taken into the park, beyond what is absolutely 

 necessary for this purpose, is nowhere equal to the depth of an ordi- 

 nary lot. Practically there will not be a foot of ground within the 

 boundary the use of which will not add to the interest of the park 

 and its value to the citizens. At one point, the boundary is kept a 

 long distance within the nearest street line. This is where the or- 

 chards and villa gardens, on the east of the drive, near the music 

 concourse, admit of a narrower margin than would otherwise answer. 

 The fronts of these valuable grounds near the park are not likely to 

 be built upon before its border trees will have become well grown, 

 nor until a street has been opened along the boundary line. Any 

 buildings then likely to be erected here will consequently be placed 

 at such a distance as not to be conspicuous from the park, while the 

 arrangement enables the city to avoid the purchase of any land 

 having special value from its association with highly improved 

 residences. 



By adopting the line of Franklin Avenue for the boundary on the 

 south, about half the space between an observer standing on Look- 

 out Hill and the horizon, will seem to be occupied by the lake and 

 the park. This effect will of course be merely an optical one, but 

 a visit to the site will show at once that it will be all-sufficient to 

 divert the attention of the visitor from the land occupied for agri- 

 cultural purposes, and will serve to render the sea view more 

 attractive. This advantage will be considerably increased, if the 



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