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LANDSCAPE DESIGN 



statuary in, 212; roads in, 219-24; tree 

 planting along roads in, 223 ; paths in, 

 224-25. Seg also Landscape character 



Naturalistic styles of landscape design, char- 

 acterized, 30-31 ; a category, 34 



Nature, inspiration of landscape style, 45-46 ; 

 inspiration of Japanese styles, 55; man's 

 need of contact with, 75 



Netherlands, gardens, ref., 365 



New England bushy pasture, 68 ; walls in, 207 



New England colonial style of landscape design, 



50-51 

 New York, Central Park, 58 ; note, 308 

 New York Commission on Building Districts 



and Restrictions, note, 281 

 Niches, 125, 199, 203 ; for wall fountains, 213- 



14; in garden design, 241, 246 

 Nichols, J. C, notes, 291, 293 ; ref., 379 

 Nichols, Rose Standish, ref., 365 

 Night effects in Moghul gardens, 37 

 Nishat Bagh, 37 



Nolen, John, note, 279; ref., 380 

 North-point, on landscape plans, 350, 351 

 Novelty, effect in composition, 91-92 



Occult balance, 97. See also Balance 

 Office of landscape architect, see Landscape 



architect's office 

 Old-fashioned garden, 238 

 Olmsted, Frederick Law, Sr., 29, 57, 58; 



quoted, notes, 18, 299; refs., 378 

 Olmsted, Frederick Law, Jr., quoted, note, 



82-83; notes, 18, 201, 287, 307, 322, 333; 



refs., 376, 379, 380, 381 

 Olmsted, John Charles, refs., 369, 371, 377 

 Orangery, at Versailles, 44 

 Order in composition, objective and subjec- 

 tive, 89-90; forms of, 93-97 

 Oriental gardening, ref., 364 

 Orientation, of buildings in groups, 194; of 



house in estate, 253-55 ; of lots in land 



subdivision, 288-89; objects shown on 



plan, 350 , _ 



Originality, in design, 28; from topographic 



conditions in garden design, 238 

 Outdoor recreation areas, classification, 296- 



97; relation to the city plan, 297-98 



Paint, color of painted buildings in relation 

 to landscape, 195-96 ; of painted fences, 208 



Painter, comparison with landscape designer, 

 88, 90, 151, 162, 342 



Palmieri, Villa, 40; illus., opp. 100 



Panels, sunk, 244 



Parapets, 199-200; as parts of the garden 

 boundary, 240-41 



Paris, Pare Monceau, 212; Alphand's Prom- 

 enades, ref., 377 



Park furniture, 316-17 



Park reports, ref., 362 



Park systems, municipal, classification of 

 outdoor recreation areas, 296-97; their 

 relation to the city plan, 297-98; stability 

 and convertibility of park units, 299; 

 relation to circulatory system of the large 

 landscape park, 308-9 



Parks, ethical value, note, 17-18; in modern 

 German formal style, 53-54, note, 226; 

 in modern American landscape style, 58- 

 59; Downing's editorials, note, 57; carpet 

 bedding in, 182; turf in, 183; pavilions in, 

 197; significance and setting of statuary 

 in, 212; roads, crossings, 222; area re- 

 served for, in land subdivision, 289, 290, 

 291 ; the intown park as part of recreation 

 system, 297-98; 



the landscape park as a type of landscape 

 design, 232, 295-320; development of 

 landscape character units, 71 ; planting, 

 F. L. Olmsted, Jr., quoted, note, 83 ; the 

 large landscape park as part of recreation 

 system, 297-98 ; design of the large land- 

 scape park, 298-318; site and available 

 landscape character units, 299-300; extent 

 and seclusion, 300-1 ; park use and land- 

 scape units, 301 ; landscape characters best- 

 fitted to park uses, 301-5 ; pastoral land- 

 scape, 301-2 ; wooded landscape, 302-3 ; 

 rocks and ledges, 303 ; brooks and ponds, 

 303-4; uses properly served by a landscape 

 park, 305-8; access and entrances, 308-9; 

 circulation, 309-14; roads, 309-11 ; bridle 

 paths, 311; footpaths, 311-13; inter- 

 relation of roads and paths, 313-14; build- 

 ings properly serving park uses, 314-16; 

 buildings in relation to the park landscape, 

 316; minor structures: park furniture, 

 316-17; boundaries and gates, 318; 

 refs., 377-79; construction, ref., 381 



Parkways, as part of municipal recreation 



