Jan. 6th, 1911.

Mr. John W. Thompson,Superintendent o f Parks,

Seattle, Wash.

Dear S i r : -I just received your le tte r dated December

31st, 1910, in regard to the deep o f Li ly Pool at Volunteer Park. I thoroughly agree with you that in order to grow successful l i l i e s in these pools, i t w ill he necessary to have them as deep as they are. There is no reason why they shouldn't he f i l le d with so il and manuer to within twelve inches of the sur­face, and the l i l i e s planted in this s o i l rather than in tubs. This w ill eliminate a good deal o f the danger o f small children fa llin g into the pools and drowning. Of course, the so il wouldn't he very hard and i t is possible that they would sink somewhat into the wet s o i l in case they f e l l into the pool. To eliminate th is p o ss ib ility o f danger, you could cover the mud with a wire netting, either a chicken wire netting or something stronger. This could he supported

by occasional hook in the side of the basinf and

p o s s ib ility by one or two posts in the central part o f the pools. In this way you would eliminate a l l the danger and i t would be quite unnecessary to have a hand r a i l or small fence encircularing the pool which would be decidedly objectionable in appearance.

Yours very truly,James Frederick Dawson

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