INDEX 



Vaux-le-Vicomte, 42, 44 



Vegetable gardens, 51 ; in the estate, 265-66 



Vegetation, effect on historic styles of land- 

 scape design, 29; as motiving Italian 

 styles, 42 ; importance in modern American 

 landscape style, 58-59; as basis of land- 

 scape character, 65, 66, 68-69, 7° 5 element 

 in landscape design, 151-88; refs., 369-71. 

 See also Plants 



Verbal directions and explanations, of land- 

 scape design, 345 



Versailles, 129, 192, 199; as example of style 

 of Le Notre, 42-44 ; sequence of landscape 

 effects in Chateau, Grand Trianon, Petit 

 Trianon, and Hameau, 85-86; illus., opp. : 

 44, 78, 80, 82, 84, 196 



Viewpoints, developed in design of Japanese 

 gardens, 56; for composition dominated by 

 mountain, 133; on hill, treatment, 134; 

 choice of, for completeness of effect of 

 valley, 135-36; land for, turned over to 

 city in subdivision scheme, 291 ; as part of 

 recreation system, 297 



Views, treatment, in historic styles of land- 

 scape design, 39, 42, 55, 56; from bridges, 

 enframement by planting, 187; dominated 

 by buildings, 192; gazebos dominating, 

 197; from terraces, 198-200; from top of 

 steps, 203 ; bounded by walls or fences, 

 204; of and from bridges, 217; conceal- 

 ment of road crossing view, 219; of and 

 from roads, 222-23 '■> from garden, consid- 

 ered in its design, 234-35, 241; as affect- 

 ing location and orientation of house in 

 estate, 253-57; development of open view 

 in design of estate, 267, not to be inter- 

 rupted by roads, 269-70 ; from and into the 

 large landscape park, 300-2 



Village improvement, ref., 381 



Villas, Italian, see Italian villas 



Vinci, Leonardo da, quoted, note, 114 



Vines, on lattices, as inclosure, 170; on free- 

 standing trellises, 172; as building decora- 

 tion, 188; subordinating structures to 

 landscape, 190, 198; on walls, 206; on 

 fences, 208; ref., 369 



Vistas, treatment, in historic styles of land- 

 scape design, 40, 43, 44; object terminat- 

 ing, made sufficient by being in strong 

 light, 112; as a typical example of a pic- 



torial composition, 124-25; gates as ter- 

 mination of, 209; in garden design, 241, 

 245-46; in land subdivision design, 283, 

 290 

 Visual angle, a consideration in landscape 

 composition, 92 



Wading pools, as part of recreation system, 

 297 



Walks, see Paths 



Wall fountains, 213-14; in garden design, 

 241, 246 



Wall gardens, 238; ref., 370 



Wall planting, 143, 170, 206-7 



Walls, English Tudor, 48; in composition, 

 128; illusions of material, 118; as man- 

 made rock arrangement, 143 ; texture, 195; 

 pavilions as part of, 197; as elements in 

 landscape design, 204-7; materials and 

 decoration, 205-7; gates in, 209-10; in 

 garden design, 240, 241, 242; of forecourts, 

 258; as screen of service yard, 263 ; restric- 

 tions in land subdivision, 292-93 ; as park 

 boundary, 318 



Walls, Retaining, of terraces, 198, 199; as 

 elements in landscape design, 200; steps 

 in, 202-3 '■) ss part of garden boundary, 23 5, 

 240-41 



Water, use in historic styles of landscape 

 design, 36, 38, 39, 41, 55 ; natural forms as 

 elements in design, 130-50, refs., 369; 

 architectural and sculptural water features, 

 213-16, ref., 372 



Water bodies, their effects, 136-37; lakes, 

 I37~38; shores and beaches, 138-40; 

 streams and stream banks, 140-42; water- 

 falls, 142-43 



Water fowl, on park ponds, 304 



Water gardens, ref., 370 



Water planting, in pools, 216 



Water-ramps, 41, 214-15 



Water-supply reservations, municipal, 321; 

 combination with municipal forests, 72-73 



Waterfalls, in Japanese gardens, 55 ; different 

 effects, 84 ; as elements in landscape design, 



142-43 

 Waterside planting, 166, 185-86; in landscape 



parks, 303-4 

 Waugh, Frank A., ref., 381 

 Weather, as affecting landscape effects, 83 



