Prefatory Note. 



TO THE BRONX BOARD OF TRADE : 



In compiling this booklet, the Park Committee have 

 had in mind its desirability as a reference for those who 

 are interested in our parks, as a basis for comparisons of 

 different kinds in subsequent years and as a source of 

 information, so that criticisms of the Department in this 

 Borough shall be based on a knowledge of all the facts 

 and may therefore be helpful. 



Care has been taken to have the information accurate. 



The Committee desires to express its appreciation of 

 the conscientious work of Mr. George MacAdam who 

 undertook the labor of compilation, and also of the very 

 cordial co-operation and aid of the Zoological Society, 

 the Botanical Society, Bronx Parkway Commission and 

 the Colonial Dames. 



We want to make especial acknowledgment of the 

 assistance given us by Park Commissioner Thomas W. 

 Whittle, without whose co-operation it would have been 

 impossible to compile a booklet of this character. 



Committee on Parks and Parkways : 





December 1, 1914. 



F. J. MUHLKELD 



J. Bowie Dash 

 George H. Huber 

 Arthur C. Cheslev 

 James M. King 

 M. Carl Levine 

 Louis V. Fox, Chairman 



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