LANDSCAPE DESIGN 



buildings in relation to topography, 189- 

 90; of buildings dominating landscape, 191 ; 

 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 



Shaw, Albert, refs., 389, 390 



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 



Shelton, Louise, ref., 379 



Shepherd, J. C, ref., 382 



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., 371-74. See also Inclos- 

 ing plantations 



Shurtleff, Flavel, ref., 392 



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., 367 



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, 113; of 



buildings in landscape, 193 

 Simonds, O. C., ref., 365 

 Sincerity, in design, 17 

 Sion House, Brentford, illus., plate 26 

 Site, choice for an estate, 273-74; f r a large 



landscape park, 299-300 

 Sitwell, Sir George, quoted, II ; quoted, notes, 



15, 103; refs., 369, 376 

 Size, and sublimity, 79; in composition, 101- 



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, 



H-IS 



Solly, V. N., ref., 378 



Spain, Moorish style of landscape design in, 

 35-36; refs., 367, 382 



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 forests, refs., 385, 386 



State highways, 322 



State parks and reservations, 321-22; refs., 

 384, 385, 386 



