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the Board of Managers of the Garden, subject to such changes 

 or modifications as might hereafter be found necessary. The 

 Commissioners of Parks referred the plans to a commission, 

 and received from that commission a report disapproving of 

 the locations of certain of the buildings. 



Several conferences were subsequently held between the 

 Committee on Plans of the Board of Managers and the 

 Commissioners of Public Parks, at the request of the latter, 

 as a result of which three dwelling houses for officers of the 

 Garden, proposed by the Board of Managers, were with- 

 drawn, and the sites suggested for the conservatories and 

 power house were changed, the Committee on Plans 

 acceding to all the modifications suggested by the Commis- 

 sioners of Parks. The plans were then formally approved 

 by the Commissioners of Parks, in accordance with the act 

 of incorporation. 



Throughout the whole study the most careful attention 

 has been given to the preservation of the natural features of 

 the grounds, and it has been a matter of congratulation 

 among those who have been interested and informed that 

 essentially all their sylvan beauty has been preserved intact. 

 Every tree or bank which would be in any way effected by 

 the construction of roads, paths, buildings or planting has 

 been most carefully considered, and the result has been that 

 very few healthy or perfect trees will be disturbed, and the 

 necessary grading will not be a serious item. It is main- 

 tained that no more critical advance study of a plot of 

 ground has ever been made. The sites agreed upon for the 

 buildings do not necessitate the destruction of any trees 

 desirable to retain, the museum and conservatories being 

 located on open plateaus near Bedford Park Station. It has, 

 of course, been necessary that the administrative and 

 mechanical features of the plans should be most carefully 



