New-York tribune., 1891-04-24
AFFAIRS IN BROOKLYN.
RAD MANAGEMENT IN PROSPECT PARK.

BAD MANAGEMElNI IN fItcSfEN1 iAh'>'
EXPERTS DECLARE 1T by NATURE ONE OF THE
FINEST PLEASURE GROUNDS IN THE WORLD
The report OF Professors c. ;. sargent and "A. D.
Fuller the expert arboriculturiss, who recently cA
amned the planting of the trees and shrubs OF Fros
pect Park to If they are too Thick was presence
70 the Park Commissioners yesterday Inc NP0''
says in part: - -,
pr,snect Park Is one Of tho greatest works OF arr oil
our time In certain natural features II SURPRISES W."
other great urban pirks of the word io - ,,on
this unique pleasure ground had in taeIr "'U ,.
their plans were elaborated the true laea OF 80 80 S
wi ar ,deal of real country the midst d vast an"
aggregated population. They felt The necessity VI ~"
nishing the dwelers Of city WIN tne oppO. =. Va
enjoy sights and pleasures OF 1he Cou,u' -, and
fresh minds and bodies lauBueu WIN
anxetiCs OF city life ,,h On NAV
Such PARK is properly place IN "nvi , T. " p
ca,nos or 20 drive fast horses or 70 admire VIII
Is duty is primarily bring the quiet anu ave " -.
country into the city and to furnish the OPP" 'O'' ~
cootamnia.e beautiful landscape. par1 bettef s"'o
this purpose than Prospect Park was he'ef -,
and the who have controlled II IN u' - -, and
years had realized the tsre meaning OF s'." - ,,,
had arranged (: with ordinary Intelligence ts N'l" %
people OF Brooklyn would-have been much erapf u'u
is today To bring the park to a suitable cohu'"o
will require careful consideration, much u"'' "'N VIZ
expenditure Of considerable sums o: money
The report states that many trees are now deao a'
dying, and continues .o,;or f,r
p,osnect Park had at ono time national rcpnauo' l'
the large number Of rare and interesting IfVN W "
On its plantations Twenty years ago trees cou'U o
,bc,s of extraordinary beauty and interest "hich
hardly be found elsewhere in the CDiteu S''ts'
marx pron,iscd to become scientific arb'ietuh. o
,nterest and value trees collected WIN "u
ho, and exnese have allowed to suffer from co"u
inc and have now with exceptions, disappeared en-
uroly or are in such miserable and unsatisfactory 'O
dlton that their value and beauty are destroyed
The arrc native trees which cover the NIL known d.
suuxao,s heights, are in cxtciminaton from the
tramplns of the ground about them py u'e ero|u9
ooIc who are invited TO this part Of the park by the
nnnor,unftes afforded them for pcnick!ng here Con
slant walking and standing about old trees is as is well
known sure method Of killing thcm and In the present
instance TIE immediate danger is increased by the fact
that the soil unprotected by any covering Of herbiag"
g. beinr washed away the oil the steep Slopes
and carried down into valleys. Not less dtstrc1i'
ara the deer in the paddock this hill Iheii constant
staining and their rubbing Of trunks can only ehu Ia
,ho deatb of the trees which shade their inclosur'
In conclusion. the experts say
careful study OF all the trees in She park is iecon'
rcnded with view Of determining Wi'h Sho"lu oe W." 'i
,bc benea OF the plantations The number OF diseased u'
slightly and worthless in all parts oil the PARK j. i'Ec
,n many cases they are doing Immediate and positive injury
IN valuable trees which be saved space ana ghC u
air are given to them The work ought to be done
Ills year and Ougk: TO be done mtelechty lu ~OI-
orpbiy That there been marked deterioration
I'm the conditions of the panatc ems during the Is NV
every one familiar with Prospect Park must acknowledge
and IL is probable that this deterioration WIZ lhcFe'e ~
,onidIv IN the future unless active and vigorous measures
are taken 10 overcome the elects OF the neglect ana ou
MANAGEMENT TO which the Park trees have been subjected