ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



IT is a great pleasure to make acknowledgments 

 to those who have contributed in so friendly a 

 manner to this book. 



I would thank the owners of the places for grant- 

 ing me the privilege of visiting and discussing their 

 problems. As some desired that their names 

 should not appear, I felt that all must remain 

 anonymous. In order to make an exact study and 

 an accurate analysis of each place, I have made 

 many a pleasant little journey through the space 

 of several years. Three of the places I have un- 

 fortunately not seen but through a practice in the 

 reading of plans, reports, and pictures I have been 

 able to interpret the spirit of these places accu- 

 rately enough to satisfy the designers. 



Acknowledgments are due The Garden Magazine 

 and House and Garden. The chapters on the 

 designs by Miss Coffin, Miss Clark, Mr. Paul, Mr. 

 Davis, and the Olmsted Brothers appear for the 

 first time, but the chapter on Mr. Manning's prob- 



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