GENERAL REFERENCES TO LITERATURE ON PARKS 



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in parks, disposition of flowers in parks, planting de- 

 sign in parks, park utilities, decorative use of water, 

 park administration in relation to planting design, etc. 

 Practically the only general work on parks. 



CHILD, STEPHEN. "Landscape Architecture." A 

 Series of Letters. Stanford University Press, Stanford 

 University, California, 1927, 279 pages, illustrations, 

 maps, plans. 



ELIOT, CHARLES WILLIAM. "Charles Eliot, Land- 

 scape Architect." Harvard University Press, Cam- 

 bridge, Mass., 1924, 770 pages, illustrations, plans. 

 The personal and professional history of a brilliant 

 young landscape architect and park planner belonging 

 to the early group of such planners. This is a book 

 worthy to be in the library of every park executive. 



HUBBARD, H. V., and THEODORA KIMBALL. "An 

 Introduction to the Study of Landscape Design." 

 Macmillan Company, New York, 1924, 406 pages, 

 illustrations, 40 drawings, 36 full-page pictures. Part 

 IV, "Landscape Parks and Reservations, " deals with 

 classification of outdoor recreation areas and design of 

 large landscape parks and reservations. Entire work 

 is of very great value to all park executives especially 

 interested in landscape design. 



LEWIS, NELSON P. "The Planning of the Modern 

 City." John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1923, 457 

 pages, illustrations, maps, diagrams. See "Parks and 

 Recreation Facilities," Chapter VII, pages 130-148. 



LYLE, WILLIAM T. "Parks and Park Engineering." 

 John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1926, 130 pages, 

 illustrations, drawings, map. Deals briefly with the 

 desirability and acquisition of parks.lands and surveys, 

 design, landscaping and engineering, labor and con- 

 tracts, construction. 



MAWSON, T. H. "Civic Art: Studies in Town Plan- 

 ning, Parks, Boulevards and Open Spaces. " B. T. 

 Batsford, London, 1911, 375 pages, illustrations, plans. 

 "Park Systems," pages 79-94; "The Adornment and 

 Equipment of Public Parks," pages 185-206. 



NOLEN, JOHN. "New Towns for Old." Marshall 

 Jones Company, Boston, Mass., 1927; illustrations, 

 maps. This little book is a record of achievements in 

 civic improvement in some American small towns and 

 neighborhoods. While it deals with the general subject 

 of planning small communities, it contains much of 

 value to those who are concerned primarily with park 

 and recreation planning for small communities. Not 

 the least of its merits are the two excellent bibliog- 

 raphies comprised in Appendix A and Appendix B. 



OLMSTED, F. L., JR., and THEODORA KIMBALL. 

 "Forty Years of Landscape Architecture." D. P. Put- 

 nam's Sons, New York, 1922, 131 pages, illustrations. 

 This is Volume I of the professional papers of F. L. 

 Olmsted, Sr. Other volumes are to be issued. No one 

 of the great park planners and builders in America is 

 more worthy of careful study by park officials than 

 Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr. 



ROBINSON, CHARLES MULFORD. "Modern Civic 

 Art." G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1918. See 

 sections dealing with open spaces; parkways; distribu- 

 tion and location of parks, pages 287-354; illustrations. 



ROBINSON, CHARLES MULFORD. "City Planning." 

 G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1916, 344 pages, 

 illustrations, diagrams, plans. This work is written with 

 special reference to the planning of streets and lots. 

 See, however, Chapter XIII, "Public Reservations Other 

 than the Streets," page 182. 



PERIODICALS 



Garden and Forest. This was a journal of horticulture, 

 landscape art and forestry, conducted by C. S. 

 Sargent, New York, from February 29, 1888 to Decem- 

 ber 29, 1897. Ten volumes, illustrations, plans. During 

 these years many references to the development of the 

 park movement throughout the United States appeared 

 in its columns. 



Landscape Architecture. A quarterly magazine which 

 began to appear October, 1910, and has continued regu- 

 lar publication to date. It is the official organ of the 

 American Association of Landscape Architects. It is 

 published by The Landscape Architecture>Publishing 

 Co., 9 Park Street, Boston, Mass. This magazine is 

 of very great value to park planners, builders and 

 executives. 



Parks and Recreation. A bi-monthly magazine pub- 

 lished by the American Institute of Park Executives 

 and the American Park Society. Began publication 

 October, 1917, and has been regularly issued to date 

 (1927). Publication headquarters, Rockford, Illinois. 

 It is also the official organ of the National Conference 



on State Parks. The subject matter of each issue is 

 presented by departments, viz.: Engineering Design and 

 Construction; Horticulture; Zoological Exhibits; Land- 

 scape Design and Art; Recreation; National, State and 

 Provincial Parks; Conservation of Wild Life; and Gen- 

 eral. Each issue is profusely illustrated. Because of 

 the valuable material constantly appearing in this mag- 

 azine upon every phase of park planning, design, con- 

 struction, operation and maintenance, and because of 

 the artistic make-up and excellent editorial work this 

 magazine should be in the hands of every park govern- 

 ing authority, executive, and every lay citizen interested 

 in parks. 



Park International. "An illustrated bi-monthly 

 magazine offering, from widely chosen sources, guidance 

 in the development and enjoyment of park areas, both 

 public and private." Publication began July, 1920, 

 and continued for about two years. During its brief 

 career a great deal of valuable material on parks ap- 

 peared. Students may find copies for reference in 

 various public and private-public libraries. 



