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— Restricted use of other colors than green, 159 — Effects of foliage 

 color, 160 — Contrast of color in differentiation of units in design, 160 



— Foliage color and aerial perspective, 161 — Use of "colored foliage," 

 161 — Autumn foliage, 161 — Winter color, bark, and fruit, 162 — 

 Color of flower, 162 — Practical difficulties of design in flower color, 

 162 — Circumstances harmonizing flower colors, 163 — Mass relation 

 in flower color, 163 — Plant character, 164 — Species and character, 

 164 — Individual plant character, 165 — Character and environment, 

 165 — ^ Relation of plant character and landscape character, 165 — 

 " Expression " and character, 166 — Association and symbolism, 166 



— Plantations, 167 — -Inclosing plantations, 167 — Outline, modeling, 

 and treatment of informal inclosing plantations, 168 — Hedges, 170 



— Low hedges and edgings, 171 — Specimen trees and shrubs, 171 — 

 Tree and shrub groups, 173 — Composition of groups, 174 — Shrub 

 beds, 175 — Herbaceous beds and borders, 176 — Flower beds as parts 

 of a garden inclosed, 177 — Arrangement of plants in relation to form 

 of bed and form of plants, 177 — Arrangement of plants in relation to 

 time of bloom, 178 — Arrangement of plants in relation to color, 179 — ■ 

 Grouping of plants according to character, 179 — Planting as surface 

 decoration, 179 — Carpet bedding and parterres, 180 — Ground cover, 

 182 — Turf, 182 — Planting in relation to topography, 183 — Water- 

 side planting, 185 — Planting in relation to architectural structures, 

 186 — Planting as enframement, 186 — Planting as transition between 

 ground and structure, 187 — Planting as decoration of structures, 188. 



CHAPTER X 

 I Design of Structures in Relation to Landscape .... 189-230 



Buildings in relation to landscape, 189 — Buildings subordinate to 

 natural character, 189 — Buildings dominating landscape, 190 — Form 

 relations of buildings and landscape surroundings, 192 — Building 

 groups, 194 — Texture relation^, 194 — Color relations, 195 — Shel- 

 ters and pavilions, 196 — Terraces, 198 — Parapets, 199 — Retaining 

 walls, 200 — Terrace banks, 200 — Steps, 201 — In formal design, 

 201 — In naturalistic design, 203 — Walls and fences, 204 — Walls: 

 materials and decoration, 205 — Fences, lattices, and grilles, 207 — 

 Gateways and gates, 209 — Statuary, 210 — Its value among decora- 

 tive objects in design, 211 — Its setting in landscape composition, 212 

 — Architectural and sculptural water features, 213 — Grottoes and 

 wall fountains, 213 — Cascades, 214 — Water-ramps, 214 — Free- 

 standing fountains, 215 — Pools and basins, 215 — Bridges, 216 — 

 Their forms and materials, 217 — Roads and paths, 218 — Roads in 

 naturalistic landscape, 219 — Form of roads, 220 — Road intersections, 

 221 — Views of and from roads, 222 — Planting and roads, 223 — 



