CITY RESERVES.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1460, 7 June 1912, Page 3

CITY RESERVES.

THE SUPEE-IXTENDEXS'S ANNUAL. ' ■ KKj'ORT. Mr. Glen.. suporin'endent, o! eitv reserves, in his 'annual report, to the. I!?servos ConimiJ,tei?- of' tli& City. states that the trenchiiiK, planting, and fencing of .the. ground, in Newtown Park between Mansfield and Daiiiel Stfcsf has made a gTeal: rinproyoniout iii,-the,.ap-pearance of the park. At; Atidor.-on I'avk the sports : f;ro\in(l : had beeurf'ehced i-oiind to keep it sec.uio:: frpin :str£i.vi.iig. c.attle Atvd horses. A c;6iiißtß'dibiis--.dtesinK-she!l with lavatory, also. a> tor -.thf: iiiowing machines, hpi'.-e, .and; ih'and-rriil.erS had beeji crected,.."The' tracks iiiiide across t-lio park had at'la? t been closed up and griiss was growing oyer them; An iinnroyetl ivf fer suppSy had been in--stalled at t.lie.. , Bpta , nica.i: .G.a'rdcjis,. aivd was of great a=si.sf.4iico : 'tcv the- V.-pi-K, Tlio 'riejy propagating; liou=e was ivoari'iig corapleiion. . This wo.nid fnifil a lnng-iell jvaiit. A largo pieee of hilly groinu! near the new plant house had .'been levelled cut ond prepared for a: frame yard. The. ground adjoining the ICafori Road, originally intended, as a. 5.i.10 for a >table yard, had been rcgradi-d and |>lauted. The rqc-k garden had also been ester.ded . and. now well filled with perennial, alpine plants, etc., 'which were at .ill times of interest, to visitors. As it. had proved such an attraction the superintendent hoped still further to extend,, this garden in the near future* A; ts'rgii . fernery had been buil.t'.woll- fiirnishfd wi.th fpcjis,.; and planted, 'iyjf.h 'a: gW y<i.i>ifct'.v of native and other terns. This was open to the public o.very Sunday niid Wcdnes- : day afternoons; the 1 ; stAnny wc.ither during the Past summer months the gardens have looked well lir.d : have been admired by visitots frojij -all parts. ; Several irii)ii 1 bpen made a.t,' ICelburno I'ar'c, nobblv the sradihz and turfing of the rouirh piece of gnr;nd extending frouv-. tli'e /K'elburne ; :tr,ainwiiy c.n- : trance to the V-ictqriii College gale. Tlic 1 laying of .glazed; gift'ter . tiile, .drains ' .hiis.' 1 e.lso improved the-irround. which vras the most attractive jn the city. Regarding: itbe.'Ba'siii ,I?-eser.ve Mi;. Gleii says-.—"Thf>. igaVde.ns, -aiid 'il.bwTr border : here, T atii, ?o.r'ryVfp; W (?j)ca.kin? froiij: a florist's po.int: :oi. yio\V); liover da lo.ok well, as they. get: so much kiioekir,'; abr.ut bv the. crick?'ers <u:d others lo'ok'itig for stray balls, etc. I consider tlirit- a, greit improvement could lm made by the addition of a conerfti' iv;tsl in front of (he. unsightly clay bank in that portion reserved for women' aiid children."