THE SQUARE.
SUGGESTED IMPftoft|< ? MENTS. *".**' i" -* *i . ANOTHER SCHEME. *■ A ® "If w* follow out thft !»Ub tfA^Jt pioneers for the beautifying tf ra£«~t| dral square, our first vork $ complete the Maltese crest, mii.*® which is made by the CtoWtog 11 grounds," was the opinion by a very well-known gardener to a representor* <f?«Kyii i'ress" yesterday. " *sf| Ho criticised the scheme f w ing the Square, recently robtoXSc'ii the City Council, contending tEtSiJil would make matters worw were at present. The only wSeZws scheme would involve the the tram shelter, the levelling faftatfll the area behind it, and it* ttntflli down in lawn grass. This itat&S 3I enclosed by concrete to that round the Cathedral and surrounded by a footpath, is|Kjifl limited number of trees *<not Hatful than a dozen) planted oampltttalSgfi] side it. The four comers of SfcttS%-« should be s*t apart) for he suggested that those of Moorhouse, and Rollestoa utilised, with a war design in the centre of the etttJuSSMl: "The true object of landscape vtfflib said the expert, "is to mak* appear as large as possible, scheme I have outlined sraaiil|Sgp this result. Moreover, it low the Cathedral, which at wasted, to become the Striking tmgm-' ture it was intended to app*&? gShk-' all parts of-the Square." ' T^ggl In Victoria square, he laid, he build an ornamental tram th&raraflfc winter gardens and plants growing, not in pots, but in' tfee mEw There would be ample' Mating riJKlgk and traffic would run the shelter. I-lA^bF
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Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18635, 9 March 1926, Page 8
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