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The additional land has a frontage of about 1,400 feet on the 

 Southern Boulevard, about 2,860 feet on Pelham Avenue, and 

 about 1,300 feet on the graded but uncompleted Bronx Park East, 

 which bounds the Garden on its entire eastern side, the total 

 frontage on Bronx Park East being about 5,000 feet, or nearly a 

 mile. Both the banks of the Bronx River from Pelham Avenue 

 to Williamsbridge are now included in the reservation, except 

 the portion of the eastern bank extending from the old snuff-mill 

 to a point near the Lorillard Mansion, this stretch forming the 

 western boundary of one of the parcels of land reserved for the 

 Park Department. 



The additional land, west of the Bronx River, includes the ex- 

 treme southern end of the Hemlock Forest, which is now entirely 

 within the Garden reservation; open woodlands in continuation 

 of the deciduous woods west of the hemlock grove southward to 

 Pelham Avenue ; and considerable areas of open fields and slopes 

 available for new plantations. East of the Bronx River, there 

 are other well-wooded areas, open fields and glades suitable for 

 plantations, and a fine large lake seated deep among rocky 

 ridges. The natural features of the tract are thus very attractive 

 and the policy of maintaining them as those of the older reserva- 

 tion have been maintained will be followed. 



The driveway system of the additional land is, for the most 

 part, already constructed, though an important connection east 

 of the Bronx River remains uncompleted; it will be necessary, 

 however, to construct several miles of paths after a complete 

 plan of development has been adopted, the study of which has 

 already been commenced. Improvements were begun soon after 

 the action of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment by the 

 removal of over 1,000 dead, diseased or otherwise undesirable 

 trees and of a large number of stumps, by gathering together and 

 carting away many cart loads of fallen limbs and rubbish, and 

 by the labeling of over 350 trees; the patrol by Garden keepers 

 has been extended through the tract on both sides of the river; 

 rough banks at the Linnaean Bridge on Pelham Avenue have 

 been graded and planted, and ditches have been dug and opened 

 to drain some mosquito-breeding and unsightly pools. 



