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continuity in the street as a whole. Each part of 

 the landscape work has been studied not only ^^ith 

 the idea that each separate house should have an 

 individual interest and furnish a setting for the 

 buildings adjacent to it, but also that there should 

 be provided a continuous and uninterrupted 

 scheme, tying the whole composition together, ac- 

 centuating its principal features, enhancing the 

 salient characteristics of the individual buildings, 

 and adding color to the street view, at the same 

 time maintaming the scale of the whole. 



In the organizing of this work a general meet- 

 ing of the residents of the street in question is held, 

 the plans for the redesigning and beautification of 

 the street are outlined as a whole, and an effort is 

 made to get at individual preferences in regard to 

 the replanning of each place. A "street-improve- 

 ment conmiittee" is then elected, and the general 

 working out of the scheme is placed in their hands, 

 with the understanding that each individual prop- 

 erty o^vner will be consulted with regard to the 

 improvement of his home gromids as a unit. The 

 final plans are not of course the work of this com- 

 mittee, but are designed by an expert landscape- 

 gardener who works in consultation with the com- 

 mittee. 



