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PAGES 



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 

 DESIGN OF STRUCTURES IN RELATION TO LANDSCAPE . . . -. 189-230 



Buildings in relation to landscape, 1 89 Buildings subordinate to 

 natural character, 189 Buildings dominating landscape, 190 Form 

 relations of buildings and landscape surroundings, 192 Building 

 groups, 194 Texture relations, 194 Color relations, 195 Shel- 

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

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

 2O I 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 



