LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE 



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well distributed. Under the empire the park areas of Rome 

 were one-eighth of the total area of the city. We today are 

 struggling with this part of the problem in our own city 

 planning. 



Then came the setback of the so-called dark ages, but the 

 flame thus lighted was never completely extinguished and 



PLAN OF VILLA D ESTE IN ITALY 



finally burst forth again in the renaissance more gloriously 

 than ever. Even in the mediaeval times we find evidence 

 of an effort at design in gardens and grounds. There was 

 indeed more or less similarity to the work of the Greeks in 

 this respect. 



Mediaeval designers were, however, influenced by limited 

 financial and other resources and by lack of labor and space. 



