CONTENTS xiii 



PAGES 



Paths in naturalistic design, 224 Form of paths, 224 Roads in 

 formal design, 225 Paths in formal design, 226 Materials of roads 

 and paths, 227. 



CHAPTER XI 



TYPES OF LANDSCAPE DESIGNS .231-323 



Landscape designs according to typical uses, 231. 



PART I. THE GARDEN, 233246 Definition and use of the 

 word "garden," 233 Esthetic characteristics of a garden, 234 

 Inclosure, 234 Plants in the garden, 235 Unity of effect of whole 

 garden, 236 A garden recognizably a work of design, 236 Formal 

 and non-formal arrangements, 237 Ways of giving a garden dis- 

 tinctiveness, 237 Choice of style, 239 Composition of the gar- 

 den, 239 Its compositional elements, 239 Inclosure materials, 240 



Retaining walls and banks, 240 High boundaries: their compo- 

 sition and decoration, 241 The house as part of the garden bound- 

 ary, 242 Garden "floor" materials, 242 Typical compositional 

 arrangements of the garden floor, 243 Objects marking points of 

 interest in the garden composition, 244 Suitability of different ob- 

 jects to this purpose, 245. 



PART II. THE ESTATE, 247274 The estate as expressing 

 the owner's desires, 247 Physical elements of the estate, 249 The 

 house, 250 Effect of interior arrangements on house form, 251 

 House form as affected by choice of style, 253 Location and orien- 

 tation of house, 253 The house terrace, 257 The forecourt, 258 



The garden as a unit of the estate, 259 Pleasure buildings, 261 

 House service areas, 263 Estate service buildings and areas, 263 

 The greenhouse, 264 Reserve and vegetable gardens, 265 Tennis 

 courts and areas for other recreations, 266 The open lawn, 267 

 Tree-shaded areas, 268 Natural character units, 268 Access, 269 



Approach roads, 269 Paths, 271 The design of the whole 

 estate, 272 Choice of site for an estate, 273 Apportionment of 

 estate area into the units required, 274. 



PART III. LAND SUBDIVISION FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES, 275- 

 294 Land subdivision as a business venture, 275 Items of ex- 

 pense to the developer, 275 Salable assets produced by development, 

 276 Room, 276 Proximity to town, 277 Convenience, 277 

 Social desirability, 277 Amenity, 277 Beauty, 277 " Low-cost " 

 and " high-cost " developments, 278 Professional advice in land sub- 

 division, 280 Procedure in design, 280 Choice of type of develop- 

 ment in relation to development of city, 280 The street system : its 

 relation to the city plan, 282 Alleys, 282 Characteristic effects 

 of street systems, 283 Streets in relation to topography, 283 Sub- 

 surface utilities, 284 Street widths, 284 Roadways and planting 



