Annual Report 
Owls' Nest Park 
Besides the large amount of construction accomplished, much 
work was done in the way of planting, grading and draining. 
Some ],855 shrubs in various varieties were planted in the bor- 
ders along Madison Road and on the east and west boundary 
lines of the park, and in various beds or groups in different parts 
of the park, as exigency or design demanded. A small, temporary 
shelter-house for the use of the caretaker was installed, and 
general maintenance features well kept up. 
Eight hundred and fifty square yards of stone and cinder walk 
were constructed, and 725 square yards of roadway resurfaced. 
Some of the inlets were rebuilt, and new drain pipe laid. An 
ornamental stone and brick seat was constructed at the entrance. 
A brick and concrete wall 13-1.8 lineal feet long and 7 feet high, 
with a sandstone coping, was built along the east boundary line 
of the property, commencing at Madison Road. The purpose of 
this wall was to serve not only as a fence, but also a screen to 
hide some of the undesirable features along that side of the 
property. Grading to the amount of about 800 cubic yards was 
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Nursery 
Much work has been accomplished at the nursery. Not only 
has it undergone a thorough overhauling, but much of the useless 
stuff has been disposed of. The balance of the stock has been 
cultivated into usable material for present and future use, and 
much work of a permanent cultural nature has been accomplished ; 
in fact, a nursery in reality has been practically evolved out of 
what was a mixed, chaotic state of things. In the fall of 1909 
much seed of various native trees and shrubs was gathered and 
sown, and thus there are now many thousands of young plants 
ready for transplanting into nursery rows in the spring of 1911. 
The same course was adopted again in the fall of 1910, which 
should prove as successful as the previous one. About 18,000 
hard-wood cuttings of various varieties of shrubs were made 
during the winter and planted in early spring, and fully 75 per 
cent grew, which will give, in addition to the seedings above 
