CONTENTS. 



PART I. 



CHAPTER I. 



Inadequate ideas of the scope of Landscape Architecture Its 

 true definition II 



CHAPTER II. 



Illustration of the meaning of Landscape Architecture as applied 

 to a private estate 18 



CHAPTER III. 



Landscape Architecture applied to the arrangement of towns 

 Duties and responsibilities incident to the work Rectangular 

 arrangement objectionable even on level sites Illustrated by 

 reference to Chicago 28 



CHAPTER IV. 



Advantages to be secured by timely forethought Injurious results 

 of rectangular arrangement on an irregular surface Suburban 

 additions 46 



CHAPTER V. 



City parks Lessons of the Central Park Difficulty of selecting 

 a site for a park Method of relief Advantages of a plan 

 Proper management of street planting 6l 



CHAPTER VI. 



Importance of the work we have to do in preparing the new 

 country for civilized habitation Landscape Architecture the 

 art which lies at its foundation 73 



PART II. 

 Forest Planting on the Great Plains 93 



