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New trees and shrubs were added, and those destroyed by the 

 gales removed. 



The flower-beds and grass received careful attention. 



CITY HALL PARK. 



A coping of bluestone, containing one thousand one hun- 

 dred and twenty-six cubic feet, similar to that about the space 

 in front, has been placed around the City Hall, enclosing 

 grass plots that have been designed to relieve the great 

 expanse of stone flagging about the building. 



The curbstones on all the street sides were reset and replaced 

 with good stones where defective, and all the flagging relaid. 



The fountain and flower beds were maintained, tree pits 

 prepared and bulbs planted for the coming spring. 



BEDFORD PARK. 



The design adopted by the Commissioner for the develop- 

 ment of Bedford Park has been put in execution as far as 

 time permitted. The greater part of the surface has beeD 

 roughly graded and covered with fertilizer, and has been 

 ploughed under preparatory to the finishing work in the 

 spring. Walks have been dug out and graded, ready for filling 

 and paving. 



A large number of poor and imperfect trees have been 

 removed, giving the good ones an opportunity to grow, and 

 some planting of improved kinds has been done. All the 

 trees and shrubbery have been cleaned and trimmed, and the 

 curbing and flagging repaired. 



The building on the property, now occupied by the 

 "Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences," has been repaired 

 and kept in order. 



BUSHW1CK PARK. 



Work has been going steadily forward at Bushwick Park, 

 according to the accepted plan. Fourteen hundred feet of 



