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large it may be, on foot, in carriages, and on horseback ; also for 

 checking the movement of carriages within the circular space, dur- 

 ing the performance of music. 



Midway between the lookout concourse and the music concourse, 

 and with approaches for footmen and carriages from both, a series 

 of terraces and arcades is provided, within which there will be 

 room for a large restaurant. These look out upon the lake, and the 

 floor of the lower arcade will be nearly on a level with the surface 

 of the lake, so that it can be readily entered from the ice in winter 

 or from boats in summer. The upper terrace is five hundred feet 

 in length by sixty feet in width, and the remaining floor space of 

 the structure one hundred and seventy-five by two hundred feet. 

 The arcades are intended to be the principal architectural feature 

 of the park. 



There are four sylvan features of considerable importance in the 

 plan. First, upon the .green, the meadow, and the slopes of the 

 upper lake, a display of the finest American forest trees, standing 

 singly and in open groups, so as to admit of the amplest develop- 

 ment of individuals, which will be further encouraged by the best 

 attainable conditions of soil and situation. 



Second, in the central portions of the park, an open grove of 

 forest trees, in which visitors may ramble in the shade without im- 

 pediment of underwood, and without danger of doing harm to 

 anything through carelessness or any ordinary selfish impulse. 



Third, a collection, arranged in the natural way, of the more 

 delicate shrubs and trees, especially evergreens, both coniferous and 

 of the class denominated in England American plants, such as 

 Rhododendrons, Kalmias, Azalias and Andromedas: these would be 

 situated on the interior slopes of the Lookout and the Friend's Hill, 

 and in the valley between them, where, from the peculiar circum- 

 stances of exposure and protection they will be likely to thrive. 



Fourth, picturesque groups of evergreens and deciduous trees and 

 shrubs on the shore of the lake. 



A portion of the green, nearest the Flatbush railroad and the 



