24 
Annual Report 
Burnet Woods 
The winter months were spent in trimming- trees and placing 
the forest in a more primitive condition, as is befitting here. 
Arrangements have been made to plant walnut and hickory 
nuts throughout the forest portion of the park. This has been 
found to be a much surer method of obtaining- a consistent 
planting than moving the above-named varieties of trees from 
the nursery. Small quantities of wild flowers in variety are 
also being planted in the wooded portion of the park. This 
practice should be followed up from year to year until the 
wild flowers will have all been rehabitated in this particular 
place, as this is the only available territory within the Park 
Department that is suitable for carrying out this splendid 
feature of primitive planting. 
The roads were carefully rolled so as to provide a smooth 
surface, after which an application of our especially prepared 
oil emulsion was applied. We did not reach the desired results 
here, however, as funds were not available to place a sufficient 
application to last throughout the summer season. Neverthe- 
less, the result of the experiment was sufficiently satisfactory 
(as were experiments mentioned elsewhere in this report) to 
bear out the claim that this emulsion is the most practical dust- 
layer thus far tried out in this part of the country. 
The south end of the lake was cleaned out, so that the water 
is at such greater depth that boating is enjoyed now in that 
portion of the lake, where previously it was not permissible be- 
cause of an insufficient depth of water. It will be necessary to 
take out a great quantity of dirt at this end of the lake, and a 
concrete wall is also badly needed at the extreme south end as a 
stay for the dirt and mud that washes into the lake with every 
hard rain. With funds to accomplish this improvement, an 
aquatic garden can be established. When this pleasing feature 
is established in connection with this popular body of water, 
thousands of people who visit this portion of the park will find 
additional attraction in viewing the great variety of aquatics 
which will transform the southern edge of the lake into a 
veritable bower during the summer months. 
The concerts at this park, under the Groesbeck Endowment 
Fund, are always a source of pleasure to a great many people, 
and each Saturday afternoon finds thousands in attendance 
during the season. The music was furnished by Smittie's 
Famous Military Band and Harp Orchestra during the past 
year, and the programs rendered were most interesting. These 
concerts, occurring on Saturday afternoons, are a boon to 
numbers of people who wish to spend the half-holiday in 
the open air under restful and pleasing conditions. 
