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A BRIEF RESUME OE WORK ACCOMPEiSHED 
DURING THE YEAR 1910 
Eden Park 
The first work of the season was to clear and clean up the 
slopes surrounding the reservoir, from the roadway to the water 
edge, which were in a badly neglected condition. The uneven 
and unsightly appearance of the approach at the southeast side 
of the concrete bridge above the greenhouse on the Park Avenue 
drive was cleared, the hill cut back from five to fifteen feet, and 
a long slope established. This was solidly planted with, forsy- 
thias, permitting a full view of the bridge. 
The flower-bed features of this park, a source of much admir- 
ation, were not neglected. Much planting was done, both in the 
spring and fall, and altogether 48 trees, 6,526 shrubs and 182 
conifers were distributed and planted in various parts of the 
park. Most of this was done in the spring, while in the fall the 
grading of the two large knolls at the main entrance on Gilbert 
avenue, was a much-needed improvement. This added to the 
width of the entrance nearly eighty-five feet. The former slopes 
were carried back, tieing in with the grass surfaces of the hill- 
sides ; 1,017 yards of new sod were laid, and 300 mahonia aqui- 
folia planted as a background. A pathway, approximately 500 
feet long, commencing at Eden Park entrance with stepping 
stones over the lawn, entering the wooded hillside, then extending 
by a 3-foot path and steps in an easy manner towards the Art 
Museum, was constructed with macadam and coated with tarvia. 
A large knoll on the southeastern corner of the park in Mt. 
Adams was graded, opening a broad view of the northeastern 
part of the park, the reservoir, the Ohio River and the Kentucky 
shore for miles. Across the drive from this point, and leading 
up to the higher grounds around the Mt. Adams shelter-house, 
a flight of twenty-three stone steps was built, bordered on both 
sides with a heavy shrubbery. 
Owing to the remodeling of the main entrance to Gilbert 
Avenue and the construction of a new roadway, the grades on 
