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affecting the elevation. Of course the plan and 

 the elevation are interdependent, and it will be 

 impossible to develop one satisfactorily without 

 the other. Greater attention may be paid to either 

 as occasion demands. 



Planting problems, as regards surroundings, 

 fall into three large groups, which in turn are sub- 

 divided. They are city, suburban, and country 

 problems. At one extreme is complete architec- 

 tural domination, and at the other the emphasis of 

 natural surroundings.* 



In the transition from one type to the other one 

 influence is constantly diminishing as the other 

 grows. In some suburban problems the extremes 

 appear to be rather evenly balanced. Under the 

 city type will come the typical city home, almost 

 exclusively architectural; then the city park, 

 which may be a sort of playground for the chil- 

 dren, or a square, either fQUJraffic purposes, or 

 for the display of a monument or a feature to em- 

 phasize an axis. This last use is probably seen to 

 a greater extent in Washington, D. C., than in any 

 other city in America. Boulevards and parkways 

 are perhaps the most important field of the land- 

 scape-designer in city planting. 



Under suburban planting problems will come 



* See Charles Elliott, "Landscape Architect," pp. 266-271. 



