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LANDSCAPE DESIGN 



University buildings, refs., 382 

 University of California plan, ref., 382 

 Unwin, Raymond, note, 289; refs., 388, 391 

 Urns, 210; in garden design, 245-46 

 Uyehara, Keiji, ref., 365 



Vacherot, J., ref., 377 



Valleys, landscape characters of, 62-64; 

 typical forms, 134-35; choice of viewpoint 

 for completeness of effect, 135-36; location 

 of house in, 255, 257 



Value, color, in color composition, 106-7, 

 109; in landscape composition, in ; in rep- 

 resentation on landscape plans, 348 



Van Pelt, J. V., note, 116 



Van Rensselaer, M. G. (Mrs. Schuyler), refs., 

 362, 365, 376 



Variety, in composition, 94 ; excess in planting 

 to be avoided, 160; quotation from Price, 

 note, 164 



Vases, 181, 210; in garden design, 245-46; 

 261 



Vaux, Calvert, 57, 58 



Vaux-le-Vicomte, 42, 44 



Vegetable gardens, 51 ; in the estate, 265-66 



Vegetation, effect on historic styles of land- 

 scape design, 29; as motiving Italian 

 styles, 42 ; importance in modern American 

 landscape style, 58-59; as basis of land- 

 scape character, 65, 66, 68-69, 70; element 

 in landscape design, 151-88; refs., 371-74. 

 See also Plants 



Verbal directions and explanations, of land- 

 scape design, 345 



Versailles, 129, 192, 199; as example of style 

 of Le Notre, 42-44 ; sequence of landscape 

 effects in Chateau, Grand Trianon, Petit 

 Trianon, and Hameau, 85-86; illus., opp. : 

 44, 78, 80, 82, 84, 196 



Viewpoints, developed in design of Japanese 

 gardens, 56; for composition dominated by 

 mountain, 133; on hill, treatment, 134; 

 choice of, for completeness of effect of 

 valley, 135-36; land for, turned over to 

 city in subdivision scheme, 291 ; as part of 

 recreation system, 297 



Views, treatment, in historic styles of land- 

 scape design, 39, 42, 55, 56; from bridges, 

 enframement by planting, 187; dominated 

 by buildings, 192; gazebos dominating, 



197; from terraces, 198-200; from top of 

 steps, 203 ; bounded by walls or fences, 

 204; of and from bridges, 217; conceal- 

 ment of road crossing view, 219; of and 

 from roads, 222-23 > from garden, consid- 

 ered in its design, 234-35, 2 4 l > as affect- 

 ing location and orientation of house in 

 estate, 253-57; development of open view 

 in design of estate, 267, not to be inter- 

 rupted by roads, 269-70 ; from and into the 

 large landscape park, 300-2 



Vignal, Pierre, refs., 375, 381 



Village planning, ref., 390 



Villas, Italian, see Italian villas 



Vinci, Leonardo da, quoted, note, 114 



Vines, on lattices, as inclosure, 170; on free- 

 standing trellises, 172; as building decora- 

 tion, 1 88; subordinating structures to 

 landscape, 190, 198; on walls, 206; on 

 fences, 208; ref., 372 



Vistas, treatment, in historic styles of land- 

 scape design, 40, 43, 44; object terminat- 

 ing, made sufficient by being in strong 

 light, 112; as a typical example of a pic- 

 torial composition, 124-25; gates as ter- 

 mination of, 209; in garden design, 241, 

 245-46; in land subdivision design, 283, 

 290 



Visual angle, a consideration in landscape 

 composition, 92 



Vogel, Lucien, ref., 382 



Wading pools, as part of recreation system, 

 297 



Wainwright, Shirley B., ref., 377 



Walks, see Paths 



Wall fountains, 213-14; in garden design, 

 241, 246 



Wall gardens, 238, ref., 373 



Wall planting, 143, 170, 206-7 



Walls, English Tudor, 48; in composition, 

 128; illusions of material, 118; as man- 

 made rock arrangement, 143 ; texture, 195 ; 

 pavilions as part of, 197; as elements in 

 landscape design, 204-7; materials and 

 decoration, 205-7; gates in, 209-10; in 

 garden design, 240, 241, 242; of forecourts, 

 258; as screen of service yard, 263 ; restric- 

 tions in land subdivision, 293 ; as park 

 boundary, 318 



