the planting on its attractive slopes of more irises, 

 peonies, chrysanthemums, narcissi and other plants 

 which lend themselves to mass effects, and might he the 

 beginning of a transverse vista looking eastward across 

 the Bronx River. The considerable area on the east side 

 of the river at this point is now disfigured by unattractive 

 greenhouses and associated encumbrances which are re- 

 tained by the Park Department and used for the propa- 

 gation of ornamental plants destined for the various 

 public parks of the Borough of the Bronx. Nearby are 

 the large and unkempt stables used also by the Park 

 Department for the repair and storage of Park property. 

 With these aberrant desecrations removed, the large area 

 in question offers remarkable opportunities for the in- 

 stallation of an inviting Landscape Garden, with a long 

 north and south vista tying in with the transverse vista 

 above mentioned, and marked by an extended lawn and 

 masses of flowering shrubbery and flowering herbaceous 

 planting, bordered and backed by artistically grouped 

 trees. At the side of this attractive feature, the gorge of 

 the Bronx, now controlled on its eastern side by the Park 

 Department, should be restored to its original state of 

 rugged, picturesque beauty. Farther to the eastward, 

 the old lake valley, now deprived of its former water 

 supply, should be developed as a Rhododendron Glade 

 with a rich and effective planting of varieties of rhodo- 

 dendrons, azaleas, ferns, heather, huckleberry, cran- 

 berry, laurel and related plants. The Cherry Garden in 

 the northeastern section should be in part replanted to 

 make more effectively beautiful its valuable collection of 

 Japanese flowering and other species. In the series of 

 open spaces in the southern section bordering Pelham 

 Parkway, there might advantageously be placed a 

 variety of Model Gardens, changing now and then and 

 purposed to demonstrate to residents of cities and their 



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