INDEX 



Park economics, pecuniary benefit of 

 parks, 40; social welfare, lO'i; civic 

 poverty, 115; burdens of maintenance, 

 76, 108, '-21'2; expensive construction 

 often unnecessary, 6'-2; effect on home 

 builders, 38, 114; playgrounds an 

 economy, 108; nurseries, a supposed 

 economy, '238 



Park equipment, for comfort and con- 

 venience, SOO-Sl^; for active recrea- 

 tion, 118, 138, 166; for passive recrea- 

 tion, 120, 124, 130, 136 



Park examples, suggestive, 56 



Park forerunners of city planning, 29, 30 



Park influence on building development, 

 38, 40, 114 



Park maintenance, expense of, 76, 108; 

 aid in, 168; mistaken economy, 238; 

 needless expenditure, 248; beauty 

 sacrificed to mistaken efficiency, 244- 

 251 



Park ornamentation never to precede 

 construction, 38; superficially, 74; 

 irresponsible flower beds, 88 



Park plan, sincerity of, 62; strength of, 

 62, 63; unity in, 64; decisiveness of, 

 114 



Park plans, individual, 17; to be rigidly 

 adhered to, 38, 64 ; continuity of 

 development, 50-52, 54; publication 

 of, 52 



Park revision, 47 



Park sites, acc^uisition of, 32; develop- 

 ment of, 33 



Park superintendents. See Superin- 

 tendents 



Park system, 32, 122, 236 



Park treatment of public })uilding 

 grounds, 100, 101, 190 



Park units, interrelation of, 27, 36, 122; 

 planting of, 236 



Park utihties, 296-313; to embody 

 beauty without sacrifice of usefulness, 

 58, 296, 298; utilities of supreme 

 importance, 310 



Park violation, 43 



Parks, more and better, 7-13; an aid in 

 city planning, 32; civic beautification. 

 58; importance to city plan, 25, 30; 

 interrelation with city plan, 36, 72, 73; 

 apostles, 29; recommendations of city 

 plan, 114; interrelation with street 

 plan, 31, 35, 39; interrelation with 

 street architecture, 59, 70, 75, 188, 

 190; geometrical pattern impractica- 

 ble, 9; practical details of, 48, 58; 

 l)urchase by public subscription, 41, 

 44. See Park Development and Park 

 Economics 



"Passing-around" parks, 92, 94, 95 



"Passing-through" parks, 78; areas 

 included, 78; accommodation and 

 convenience supreme, 78, 79; decora- 

 tive features, 82; planting of, 84-86; 

 floral display in, 86; seat accommoda- 

 tion, 90-92; type of design recom- 

 mended, 80, 83 



Pictorial value of parks, 58; pictorial 

 beauty expected, 74; pictorial charm, 

 110; rule-of-thumb composition, 126 



Planting appropriations, 238, 240 



Planting composition, 232; light and 

 shade, 227, 244; accent, 235; colour, 

 246; character, 225, 229, 231; sacri- 

 ficed by pruning, 244-247, 249 



Planting design of parks, 222; composi- 

 tion superior to specimen display, 222, 

 223, 229; requirements of shade, 226; 

 desire for display, 226, 228; screen and 

 eml)ellishment, 232; undergrowth 

 composition, 232-234; general char- 

 acter, 236; design endangered, 238- 

 240; services of landscape expert, 224 

 326 



