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LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE 



We find also among the Romans some of the best and very 

 earliest carefully designed city squares and public parks. 

 These in some cases were first designed for the private grounds 

 of the emperor and others, but later given to the people partly 

 to gain popularity. In the preparation for them houses were 

 removed and the resultant space treated as open public 

 grounds laid out with rare skill and dedicated later to the use 

 of the people. Fitness, definiteness of purpose, a careful con- 



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sideration of the question of scale as well as beauty and art 

 and unity were all studied, and as a result we can today to 

 our very great advantage study these designs in connection 

 with our own efforts at planning for public parks and squares. 

 The habit of setting aside such areas for the recreation of 

 the people grew apace, and the question of their distribution 

 throughout the city was studied with care, and as a result 

 Rome was very well supplied and the parks were particularly 



