22 J: H. MAIDEN. 



Further, green swards are kept in order in New York 

 and other parks at a cost to the freedom of action of the 

 public that would never be tolerated in democratic New 

 South Wales. I know law-abiding citizens who have been 

 bullied by American police for infringement of petty yet 

 Draconian Park by-laws, which can only have been framed 

 on the principle that " the people exist for the park." In 

 my opinion "the park exists for the people." The parks of 

 Europe bristle with directive and minatory notices which 

 are quite unsuitable to Australian conditions. I think all 

 park-superintendents would gladly be without the worry of 

 the up-keep of fences and the management of entrances,, 

 but democratic as I am in my ideas, I repeat that the time 

 is not ripe yet. 



Entrances should be sufficient in number. How irritating 

 it is to the citizen to have to walk a considerable distance 

 around his park to get into it. It is like being shut out of 

 paradise. The entrances should be as numerous as the 

 topography of the land or its landscape design will permit- 

 Entrances are the beginnings of paths and roads, so they 

 cannot be made haphazard. They should be made with 

 careful consideration of the flow of traffic in the streets 

 outside the park boundary. 



Trees in parks should be protected by guards. Iron tree 

 guards made of half-inch round iron are best, and can be 

 made graceful. Where there are stock, it is desirable to 

 further protect the tree by means of a low single arris rail 

 at some distance from the iron tree-guard. 



c. Seats. — The question of seats is an important matter 

 in a public park. In those that are closed at night, a light 

 moveable seat, made of wooden laths and thin wrought 

 iron framework is comfortable and neat in appearance. In 

 parks open all night, the benches or seats should be heavier 

 in character and fixed in the ground. I have adopted a 



