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LANDSCAPE DESIGN 



Association, incongruity of, unpleasant, 10; 

 experience, emotion, and, 12-16; in Jap- 

 anese garden design, 56; unity from, in 

 style, 61 ; melancholy effect of landscape, 

 due to, 82; as modifying shape compo- 

 sition, loi ; illusions of, in composition, 

 121-22; in plant character, 165-66; plant 

 symbolism, 166-67; congruity of, in shapes 

 in carpet bedding, 182; as giving distinc- 

 tiveness to garden, 238 



Atmosphere, 1 13-16; haziness giving effect 

 of mystery, 82 ; as a consideration in land- 

 scape composition, 115-16 



Atmospheric perspective, 1 13-16; as a con- 

 sideration in landscape composition, 115- 

 16; foliage color and, 161 



Attention, mode of attraction, basis of dis- 

 tinction between " beautiful " and " pic- 

 turesque " effects, 77-79 ; a consideration 

 in landscape composition, 90-91 ; mode of 

 attraction by hill and mountain forms, 

 131-32, by tree forms, 154 



Automobile traffic, relation to the large land- 

 scape park, 310 



Autumn foliage, 161-62 



Axial arrangement, broken axis, 118, at 

 Isola Bella, 120; of buildings in groups, 

 194; of minor buildings in scheme, 197; 

 of steps in scheme, 203 ; paths on axis of 

 design, 227; of house and garden, 260. 

 Sfe also Formal gardens 



Backgrounds, in composition, 126-28; for 

 grille-work, 209; of statuary, 212-13 



Bailey, Liberty Hyde, ref., 369-70 



Baker, I. O., ref., 381 



Balance, of interest, example in pictorial com- 

 position, 90; balance in composition, 96- 

 97, symmetrical, 97, occult, 97; intensifi- 

 cation of emotion from, 97-98; of shapes 

 in composition, lOO; of textures in com- 

 position, 104; in color composition, 108, 

 no; in mountain forms, 133; sought in 

 garden design, 236-37 



Baltit, Hunza, illus., plate 36 



Balustrades, 48, 199, 200, 201, 202, 216; 

 illusions of material, 117, 119 



Bandstands, in the large landscape park, 315 



Banks, of streams, 140-42 ; earth and bowlder, 

 144; bowlder, 146; earth, design, 148-50; 



terrace, 198, 199, 200-1 ; steps in turf 

 banks, 202; banks as part of garden 

 boundary, 235, 240-41 



Bark of trees and shrubs, color, 162 



Baroque villas in Italy, style of, 39-42 



Barren or tundra, a landscape character, 65- 

 66 



Baseball, provision for, in the large landscape 

 park, 307 



Basins, see Pools 



Bathing facilities as part of recreation system, 

 297 



Beaches, and sand dunes, 66; as elements in 

 design, 138-40; of brooks and ponds in 

 landscape parks, 303-4; sea, ref., 369 



" Beautiful," literary discussions of the term 

 as opposed to " picturesque," 77-78 ; ap- 

 plication in design, 78-79; Price's Essay 

 on the, ref., 367 



Beauty, definition, 19-21; and ugliness, 20; 

 and pleasure, 20; no universal standards 

 of, 20-21; in landscape character, 63; an 

 asset in land subdivision, 277-78 



Bedding plants, see Carpet bedding 



Beds, see Carpet bedding. Flower beds. Her- 

 baceous beds, Shrub beds 



Belgium, replanning, ref., 380 



Bibliography of landscape architecture, refs., 

 361-62 



" Big Trees," 66 



Bird-baths, 245 



Birds, attraction by berry-bearing trees and 

 shrubs, 162 



Blanchard and Drowne, note, 220 



Blocks in land subdivision, see Land subdivi- 

 sion, subtopics : Streets, Lots 



Blomfield, Reginald, ref., 373 



Boathouses, in the large landscape park, 315 



Boating, provision for, in the large landscape 

 park, 305 



Boccaccio, 40 



Border lines, on landscape plans, 350 



Borders, herbaceous, 176-77 



Bosquets, 42, 43; design, 167; pools in, 

 216 



Boston, Arnold Arboretum, illus., plate 15; 

 Franklin Park, ref., 378, illus., opp. 298, 

 plates3i, 32, 33,34, 35 



Boston Public Library, ref., 361 



Botanical gardens, 232; ref.,'^77 



