INTRODUCTION 



I HAVE selected fifteen problems in landscape 

 architecture to show in a simple and popular man- 

 ner the fundamentals that underlie the planning 

 and planting of the small place. I have made my 

 selection from the work of landscape architects, — 

 the majority of them belong to the American 

 Society of Landscape Architects, — so that each 

 problem would have a logical plan and a firm 

 structural foundation with the planting developed 

 as a decorative component. 



I have taken great care in the selection of these 

 problems. I tried to use only places that have a 

 complete and well organized plan. It is diflicult 

 to find places — especially small ones — in which all 

 the parts are given a proportionate share in the 

 development and where these parts are grouped to 

 form a harmonious whole, for the attainment of 

 perfection in a plan or underlying structure is often 

 not understood or entirely overlooked by the lay- 

 man, who is only attracted by the beauty of an 



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