TEXTBOOK OF LANDSCAPE GARDENING 
Observation 
The playground occupies a small rectangular space covering 
one-half a city block. The land is level and featureless. Taking 
these facts in connection with the requirement that all space be 
used to the maximum efficiency, the designer is practically forced 
to employ a rectangular subdivision of parts and a design made up 
wholly of straight lines. The design is almost necessarily sym- 
metrical. 
Fic. 99. Perspective SketcH or PLAYGROUND 
In the center is a good sized field-house, used as a neighborhood 
center, with two wings used as a gymnasia for men and women. 
Adjoining these gymnasium rooms are outdoor gymnasia for men 
and women, each one enclosed. In front of the building is a large 
play field, used for free play and for baseball or football. In one 
corner is a swimming pool, in the opposite corner a wading pool and 
playground for small children. Rows of trees placed on structural 
lines supply grateful shade and a background of foliage. Between 
these trees hedge-like borders of shrubbery are developed. The 
whole plan is exceedingly simple, practical and economical. 
Problems 
The pupils should visit all playgrounds within reach, make 
paced surveys and draw out plans showing existing conditions. 
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