APPENDIX. 



[Compiled by James G. Langdon, member of American Society of Landscape Architects.] 



Review of Brightwood Tract, Foundry Branch Tract, and East 

 Capitol Street, Anacostia, and Virginia Sites. 



The Brightwood tract. — There is a tract of some 312 acres of pri- 

 vately owned land, here designated the Brightwood tract, which lies 

 between the District line and the Metropolitan branch of the Balti- 

 more & Ohio Railroad at Stott and Terra Cotta Stations. It is rich 

 market-garden propert} 7 , and is used largely for that purpose. A 

 small stream within this area is about 6 inches deep by 3 feet wide, 

 and its surface is about 3^ feet on the average below the surrounding 

 farm lands. The entire valley along its borders is under a high state 

 of cultivation, as are various areas among the groves on the uplands. 

 It is accessible by the Metropolitan branch of the Baltimore & Ohio 

 Railroad, and the Brightwood extension of the Washington Street 

 Railway is about 3,500 feet away. This area could not be increased in 

 size, except at undue cost, and does not possess the variety of soils met 

 with in some of the other tracts under consideration. It consists, for 

 the most part, of a sandy loam, such as is generally used for raising 

 strawberries, which are grown extensively in this region. It is prob- 

 ably the richest farm area in the District. The price per acre, asses- 

 sor's valuation, averages $595. It is hotter in summer than is desirable 

 in a botanic garden, owing to its inland position. Its distance is a 

 disadvantage, and it lacks the variety of topography and soils that is 

 desirable. 



The Foundry Branch tract. — This tract, all private property, com- 

 prises about 189 acres. The portion available for greenhouse and 

 herbaceous purposes lies adjacent to Tunlaw Road, and is probably 

 about 20 acres in extent. It would require an undue amount of grad- 

 ing to fit it to the purpose required. From this tract there is a mag- 

 nificent view over Georgetown and down the Potomac, and there is a 

 greater variety of soils than in the case of the Brightwood tract. It 

 has more ledge outcrop than either the Brightwood tract or Mount 

 Hamilton, and is quite thickly covered with miscellaneous growth of 

 trees and mountain laurel. The tract below it could be included in the 

 project only at a prohibitive price. All in all, this tract is too steep 

 and irregular to be of use for the purpose. Practically its sole advan- 

 tage is the fine view and its accessibility by the Wisconsin Avenue 

 branch of the street railway. The assessor's valuation is $197,912, 

 which equals $1,047 per acre. 



Eojit Capitol Street site. — There is also an undeveloped area, pri- 

 ately owned, north of the old District Jail and between Nineteenth 

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