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Strips, 285 — Sidewalks, 285 — Lots: sizes, 286 — Width and depth, 

 286 — Shape, 287 — Orientation, 288 — Reserved areas, 289 — Re- 

 strictions, 291 — Districting, 293. 



Part IV. Landscape Parks and Reservations, 295-323 — 

 Man's need of recreation, 295 — Classification of outdoor recreation 

 areas, 296 — Their relation to the city plan: park systems, 297 — 

 The large landscape park, 298 — Site and available landscape char- 

 acter units, 299 — Extent and seclusion, 300 — Park use and landscape 

 units, 301 — Landscape characters best fitted to park use, 301 — Pas- 

 toral landscape, 301 — Wooded landscape, 302 — Rocks and ledges, 

 303 — Brooks and ponds, 303 — Uses properly served by a landscape 

 park, 305 — Access and entrances, 308 — Circulation, 309 — Roads, 

 309 — Bridle paths, 311 — Footpaths, 311 — Inter-relation of roads 

 and paths, 313 — Buildings properly serving park uses, 314 — Build- 

 ings in relation to the park landscape, 316 — Minor structures: park 

 furniture, 316 — Park boundaries and gates, 318 — Landscape reser- 

 vations: Municipal and Metropolitan, 318 — Combination with other 

 uses, 320 — State and National parks and reservations, 321 — National 

 planning, 323. 



APPENDIX 



PART I 



Notes on the Professional Practice of Landscape Architecture in 



America ........... 325-337 



Professional conduct, 325 — Professional charges, 326 — Profes- 

 sional reputation, 328 — Advertising and publicity, 329 — Professional 

 announcements, 331 — Public exhibitions, 331 — Competitions, 332 



— Landscape architect, client, and contractor, 332 — Cooperation of 

 landscape architect with other practitioners, 333 — Cooperation in city 

 planning, 334 — Organization and equipment of a landscape architect's 

 office, 334 — Clerical force, 334 — Technical office and field force, 

 335 — Office reference material, 336. 



PART II 

 Notes on Procedure in Design ....... 338-353 



The client, 338 — Topographic data, 339 — Design, 340 — Rep- 

 resentation of design, 342 — Models, 342 — Pictures and plans, 343 



— Written statements, 343 — Verbal directions and explanations, 345 



— Series of drawings for a landscape job, 345 — An example of repre- 

 sentation of design : presentation of landscape plans, 346 — Superin- 



