INDEX 



401 



of buildings in relation to landscape, 192-94; 

 harmony of buildings in groups, 194; of 

 bridges, 217-18; as giving distinctiveness to 

 garden, 238 



Shardeloes, Repton quotation, 93 



Shelters and pavilions, in historic styles of 

 landscape design, 37, 38, 54, 56; in com- 

 position, 125, 128; hilltop, 134; as ele- 

 ments in landscape design, 196-98; on ter- 

 races, 199; in garden design, 241, 242, 244, 

 246; in design of the estate, 261-62; in the 

 large landscape park, 315-16 



Shopping centers, space reserved for, in land 

 subdivisions, 290 



Shores, as elements in design, 138-40; plant- 

 ing, 185-86 



Shrubs, trained, in Japanese gardens, 55; in 

 composition, 126, 128; forms, 153-54; 

 winter color, bark, and fruit, 162; masses 

 in flower, 164; avoidance of excess of 

 variety in plantations, quotation from 

 Price, note, 164; specimens in planting de- 

 sign, 171-73 ; groups, in planting design, 

 173-75; composition of groups, 174-75; 

 shrub beds, 175-76; planting in relation to 

 topography, 183-85; as waterside planting, 

 185; as transition between ground and 

 structure, 187-88; clipped, as increasing 

 dominance of buildings in landscape, 191 ; as 

 enframing steps, 203 ; along roads, 223 ; in- 

 adequate as central feature in formal gar- 

 den, 237; as screen of service yard, 263; 

 in street planting strips, 285 ; in the large 

 landscape park, 301-2; in List of Plants 

 to accompany planting plan for suburban 

 estate near Boston, Mass., 357-59; in plant- 

 ing design, refs., 369-71. See also Inclos- 

 ing plantations 



ShurtlefF, Flavel, ref., 381 



Sidewalks, in land subdivision, 285-86 



Sierras (California), Sequoia grove, 66; 

 mountain meadow, 67-68 ; illus.. Frontis- 

 piece, plates 7, 8, 23, 24 



Sieveking, Albert Forbes, ref., 365 



Sight, sense of, consideration in landscape 

 design, 7; in perception of shape, 98; in 

 perception of texture, 103 



Signs, guide, in the large landscape park, 



317 

 Silhouette, of landscape composition against 



twilight sky. Price quotation, note, 1 13; of 



buildings in landscape, 193 

 Sincerity, in design, 17 

 Sion House, Brentford, illus., plate 26 

 Site, choice for an estate, 273-74; for ^ large 



landscape park, 299-300 

 Sitwell, Sir George, quoted, 1 1 ; quoted, notes, 



15, 103; refs., 367, 372 

 Size, and sublimity, 79; in composition, 10 1- 



3; scale relation of texture to, 103-4; 



differentiation of planes of distance, 127; 



harmony of buildings in groups, 194 

 Skating, provision for, in the large landscape 



park, 305 

 Skating ponds, as part of recreation system, 



297 



Ski-jumping, provision for, in the large land- 

 scape park, 305-6 



Sky, as affecting landscape character of 

 prairie, 64; color, 114; as element in 

 landscape composition, 129 



Smell, sense of, consideration in landscape 

 design, 7 ; associational appeal to emotion, 



14-15 



Spain, Moorish style of landscape design in, 

 35-36; r^-/., 366 



Specifications and contracts, 344 



Specimen trees, in composition, 123; in rela- 

 tion to inclosing plantations, 169; in plant- 

 ing design, 171-73; specimen evergreens as 

 building decoration, 188 



Speedways, relation to the large landscape 

 park, 310 



Sports and games, areas for, in the estate, 

 249, 266-67; note, 274; in the large land- 

 scape park, 305-7 



Spring foliage, 159 



" Squares," as part of recreation system, 



297 



Stables, 263 



Standards of beauty, not universal, 20-21 



State highways, 322 



State parks and reservations, 321-22 



Statuary, in historic styles of landscape de- 

 sign, 39-40, 43, 53; in composition, 117, 

 125; shelters over, 197; enframed by steps, 

 203 ; as an element in landscape design, 

 210-13 ; value among decorative objects in 

 design, 211-12; setting in landscape com- 

 position, 212-13; in fountains, 215; in 



