CONTENTS xiii 



PACKS 



Paths in naturalistic design, 224 — Form of paths, 224 — Roads in 

 formal design, 225 — Paths in formal design, 226 — Materials of roads 

 and paths, 227. 



CHAPTER XI 

 Types of Landscape Designs ........ 231-323 



Landscape designs according to typical uses, 231. ' 



Part L The Garden, 233-246 — Definition and use of the 

 word "garden," 233 — Esthetic characteristics of a garden, 234 — 

 Inclosure, 234 — Plants in the garden, 235 — Unity of effect of whole 

 garden, 236 — A garden recognizably a work of design, 236 — Formal 

 and non-formal arrangements, 237 — Ways of giving a garden dis- 

 tinctiveness, 237 — Choice of style, 239 — Composition of the gar- 

 den, 239 — ^Its compositional elements, 239 — Inclosure materials, 240 



— Retaining walls and banks, 240 — High boundaries: their compo- 

 sition and decoration, 241 — The house as part of the garden bound- 

 ary, 242 — Garden "floor" materials, 242 — Typical compositional 

 arrangements of the garden floor, 243 — Objects marking points of 

 interest in the garden composition, 244 — Suitability of different ob- 

 jects to this purpose, 245. 



Part H. The Estate, 247-274 — The estate as expressing 

 the owner's desires, 247 — Physical elements of the estate, 249 — The 

 house, 250 — Effect of interior arrangements on house form, 251 — 

 House form as affected by choice of style, 253 — Location and orien- 

 tation of house, 253 — The house terrace, 257 — The forecourt, 258 



— The garden as a unit of the estate, 259 — Pleasure buildings, 261 — 

 House service areas, 263 — Estate service buildings and areas, 263 — 

 The greenhouse, 264 — Reserve and vegetable gardens, 265 — Tennis 

 courts and areas for other recreations, 266 — The open lawn, 267 — 

 Tree-shaded areas, 268 — Natural character units, 268 — Access, 269 



— Approach roads, 269 — Paths, 271 — The design of the whole 

 estate, 272 — ^ Choice of site for an estate, 273 — Apportionment of 

 estate area into the units required, 274. 



Part HL Land Subdivision for Residential Purposes, 275- 

 294 — Land subdivision as a business venture, 275 — Items of ex- 

 pense to the developer, 275 — Salable assets produced by development, 

 276 — Room, 276 — Proximity to town, 277 — Convenience, 277 — 

 Social desirability, 277 — Amenity, 277 — Beauty, 277 — " Low-cost" 

 and "high-cost" developments, 278 — Professional advice in land sub- 

 division, 280 — Procedure in design, 280 — Choice of type of develop- 

 ment in relation to development of city, 280 — The street system : its 

 relation to the city plan, 282 — Alleys, 282 — Characteristic effects 

 of street systems, 283 — Streets in relation to topography, 283 — Sub- 

 surface utilities, 284 — Street widths, 284 — Roadways and planting 



