INTRODUCTION 



Only within a very recent period have architects of 

 the United States appreciated the fact that the i^arden 

 should be designed in connection with the house. To 

 encourage and popularize this fact the Committee of 

 Arrangements for the Thirty-fourth Annual Convention 

 of the American Institute of Architects determined to 

 make the subject of Gardens one of the principal topics 

 of consideration. It was fortunate to have been able 

 to secure papers from those who were such enthusiastic 

 and scholarly students of the field which each presented 

 in their papers to the Institute. The articles were 

 read in Washington, D. C, December 14th, 1900, and 

 they produced such a favorable impression that it was 

 thought proper by the Board of Directors to have 

 them, together with the illustrations, printed so that 

 their influence would be of a more permanent value. 

 After due consideration by the Board the publication 

 of the material, under the supervision of the Institute, 

 was given to The Architectural Publishing Compan\' of 

 Philadelphia. In the work as issued the authors have 

 in some cases enlarged the scope of their papers and 

 many illustrations in addition to those presented to 

 the Institute have been inserted in the present x'olume. 



