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LANDSCAPE GARDENING, 
Fig. 100. 
Along the westerly side of the Park, for a distance 
of nearly two miles, there will be a winter-drive, pro- 
tected by hardy evergreens ; and on the easterly side of 
the lake, a G-eoinetric dower-garden ( G ) of considerable 
size is proposed, as will be seen on the diagram of plan. 
Fig. 99. 
In adapting to its present purpose the site selected 
for the Park, its situation in the probable future heart 
of the city had to be considered, and transverse roads 
between the east and west sides of the city were, of 
course, demanded. The Park being two and-a-half miles 
in length, it was also evident that these transverse roads 
would, at no very distant time, become crowded tho- 
roughfares, having nothing in common with the Park 
proper, but every way at variance with the agreeable 
sentiments it should inspire. Eight times in a single 
circuit of the Park, they would oblige a pleasure-drive or 
