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out. The trees belonged to the forest class, and were from 

 seventy to ninety feet high. All the buildings in the Park were 

 thoroughly cleaned, the time-keeper's office and the tool-house 

 were enlarged, and an inventory was made of the Park property. 

 Ten and a half acres of lawn were re-sown, and a fine crop of 

 grass was produced on the barren hills near the Third Street 

 entrance, which made them exceedingly attractive. Many bare 

 spots were found in the Park, caused by people walking over the 

 grass in one line. Of these trails, three hundred and sixty feet were 

 re-sodded, and to prevent further trespass, two thousand three 

 hundred and ninety five-feet of four-foot high plain, substantial 

 iron fence, and two hundred and fourteen feet of Columbian lawn 

 fence were erected. The area of lawn was increased from seventy 

 acres to one hundred and ten, and to keep this iu condition 

 required the constant use of fifteen horse-mowing machines and 

 sixteen hand machines. There were four hundred and sixty 

 trees planted in the Park and along the Ninth and Flatbush 

 Avenue promenades. A Nursery, two acres in extent, was 

 created, in which were planted one hundred and seventy-five 

 thousand and fifty bushes and vines, to be used later on for the 

 purpose of establishing undergrowth and natural thickets and 

 also in the outside parks. Already eight thousand of this class 

 of plants have been planted on the bare slopes of the rocky path, 

 and during the coming Spring many of the plantations in the 

 Park, which are in very poor condition, will be improved. 



Ornamental and flowering plants were used to a larger degree 

 than in any preceding season. Forty-five thousand of this kind 

 of plants were used in the flower beds and the larger groupings. 

 There were 116,000 Holland bulbs and roots planted for next 

 Spring, together with 35,000 cuttings of ornamental plants. 

 There were also 120,000 cuttings of hardy vines and creepers 

 propagated, to cover numerous spots where grass will not grow. 

 All of these, together with the tropical and other plants in the 

 greenhouses, are in a highly satisfactory state of cultivation. 

 The herbaceous garden on Breeze Hill was altered in design, 



