14 
Annual Report 
Eden Park 
The work in Eden Park was greatly facilitated and much 
benefit derived by a division of the park into two sections, each 
under a sub-foreman, who vied with each other in the general 
upkeep of their charge, the result of which was quite apparent 
to all. 
Seventy conifers, 675 mahonias, (50 yuccas filamentosa, <S1 
shrubs, and 250 trees in 7 varieties were planted, besides the 
usual summer bedding features, for which 16,(S00 plants were 
used. 
Substantial improvements were made before the greenhouses 
were painted ; new flues were built for both steam boilers, and 
additional repairs and improvements were made by constructing 
a cement and iron cold frame 12 feet wide by 50 feet long. 
Rustic stone and cement benches were placed in the southern 
end of the large show house, which has been much admired. 
A retaining wall 110 feet long by 20 feet wide, and approxi- 
mately 3 feet 6 inches high, was built at the southwestern corner 
of the reservoir. A path G feet wide and 720 feet long was 
excavated by cutting into the hillside, the path macadamized, 
drained and covered with cinders, and leads along the slopes 
of the wooded hillside between reservoir and the roadway to 
Mt. Adams from the Gilbert avenue entrance. Work was com- 
menced on the easterly connection of this pathway leading 
towards Martin street or the Waterworks cottage, and will be 
completed this coming summer. 
A pathway and stone steps from the main driveway (Park 
avenue) just below the greenhouses were constructed down the 
hillside in a winding manner to the southside of the Waterworks 
Pumping Station. The whole hillside in this vicinity was cut 
back and regraded, and over one hundred shrubs planted, which 
completed a very attractive and desirable improvement. Much 
grading and quarrying of stone w^as also done on the Cliff drive. 
The pathway from Morris street, leading southward towards 
the Art Museum, w^as cut back and made tw^o feet wider, mac- 
adamized, resurfaced, and the slopes graded to meet new con- 
ditions. 
