INDEX 



Occult balance, 97. See also Balance 



Office of landscape architect, see Landscape 



architect's office 

 Old-fashioned garden, 238 

 Olmsted, Frederick Law, St., 29, 57, 58; 



quoted, notes, 18, 299; refs., 364, 385 

 Olmsted, Frederick Law, Jr., quoted, note, 



82-83; notes, 18, 201, 287, 307, 322, 333; 



refs., 364, 369, 371, 376, 383, 386, 390, 392 

 Olmsted, John Charles, refs., 371, 373, 384 

 Olmsted Brothers, note, 293 ; ref., 387 

 Orangery, at Versailles, 44 

 Order in composition, objective and subjec- 

 tive, 89-90; forms of, 93-97 

 Oriental gardening, ref., 366 

 Orientation, of buildings in groups, 194; of 



house in estate, 253-55; of lots in land 



subdivision, 288-89; objects shown on 



plan, 350 

 Originality, in design, 28; from topographic 



conditions in garden design, 238 

 Outdoor recreation areas, classification, 296- 



97; relation to the city plan, 297-98 



Paint, color of painted buildings in relation 

 to landscape, 195-96; of painted fences, 208 



Painter, comparison with landscape designer, 

 88, 90, 151, 162, 342 



Palmieri, Villa, 40; illus., opp. 100 



Palos Verdes, note, 293 



Panels, sunk, 244 



Parapets, 199-200; as parts of the garden 

 boundary, 240-41 



Paris, Pare Monceau, 212; Alphand's Prom- 

 enades, ref., 384 



Park furniture, 316-17 



Park reports, ref., 362 



Park systems, municipal, classification of 

 outdoor recreation areas, 296-97; their 

 relation to the city plan, 297-98 ; stability 

 and convertibility of park units, 299; 

 relation to circulatory system of the large 

 landscape park, 308-9 



Parks, ethical value, note, 17-18; in modern 

 German formal style, 53-54, note, 226; 

 in modern American landscape style, 58- 

 59; Downing's editorials, note, 57; carpet 

 bedding in, 182 ; turf in, 183; pavilions in, 

 197; significance and setting of statuary 

 in, 212; roads, crossings, 222; area re- 



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served for, in land subdivision, 289, 290, 

 291 ; the intown park as part of recreation 

 system, 297-98; 



the landscape park as a type of landscape 

 design, 232, 295-320; development of 

 landscape character units, 71 ; planting, 

 F. L. Olmsted, Jr., quoted, note, 83 ; the 

 large landscape park as part of recreation 

 system, 297-98; design of the large land- 

 scape park, 298-318; site and available 

 landscape character units, 299-300; extent 

 and seclusion, 300-1 ; park use and land- 

 scape units, 301 ; landscape characters best 

 fitted to park uses, 301-5; pastoral land- 

 scape, 301-2 ; wooded landscape, 302-3 ; 

 rocks and ledges, 303 ; brooks and ponds, 

 303-4; uses properly served by a landscape 

 park, 305-8; access and entrances, 308-9; 

 circulation, 309-14; roads, 309-11 ; bridle 

 paths, 311; footpaths, 311-13; inter- 

 relation of roads and paths, 313-14; build- 

 ings properly serving park uses, 314-16; 

 buildings in relation to the park landscape, 

 316; minor structures: park furniture, 

 316-17; boundaries and gates, 318; 



re f s ->377> 383, 384-86; construction, rr/., 

 392 



Parks and Recreation, ref., 363 



Parkways, as part of municipal recreation 

 system, 297-98; leading to landscape park 

 entrance, 308; state parkways, 322 



Parsons, Mabel, ref., 386 



Parsons, Samuel, note, 225; refs., 364, 369, 

 37i> 374 376, 386 



Parterres, in style of Le Notre, 43 ; planting 

 design, 180-82; as increasing dominance of 

 buildings in landscape, 191 ; and terraces, 

 198 



Pastoral landscape, in England, a landscape 

 character, 69-70; peaceful effect, 78; in 

 the large landscape park, 301-2 



Pasture, bushy, in New England, a landscape 

 character, 68-69 



Paths, in composition, 128; edgings, 171; as 

 increasing dominance of buildings in land- 

 scape, 191 ; texture of walks, 195 ; along 

 edge of terraces, 199; steps and, 202-4; 

 gates on footpaths, 209; and bridges, 

 216-17; as elements in landscape design, 

 218-19; in naturalistic design, 224-25; 



