OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS loi 



Cbaracter. — 



Large fruits (dwarf trees, trained) H acres 



Small fruits /4 



Rough crops (such as asparagus, potatoes, and corn) i}4 



Balance, vegetables i^ 



Total area 4 



Loose gravel walks with grass edging and a border of hardy perennials along walk. 

 Quality of upkeep. — Good, 

 Gross cost per acre, 1906. — ^Actual cost, $460.00; comparative cost on basis of labor at 20 cents 



per hour, S525.00. 



(Cost believed by manager to be abnormally high this year. Value of vegetables and small 



fruit produced, $285 per acre. No credit for flowers, and practically none for large fruits, 



as trees are still too young.) 

 Area per man. — ^About one and one-fourth acres. (7) 



2. On Country Place in Pennsylvania. 



Labor. — Prices not known. 



Character. — ^Total area of garden one and three-fourths acres in vegetables and small fruits, with 



few flowers and a very few dwarf large fruits. 

 Qftality of upkeep. — Poor; (a fair yield but shabby looking). Gardener said he thought it got about 



the equivalent of one man's time on the average. 

 Area per man. — Equivalent to about three acres. 



3. Vegetable-garden on Suburban Place in New Jersey. (Same place as A-2.) 



Cbaracter. — Garden, one and one-fourth acres, devoted almost wholly to vegetables with no attempt 

 at good looks, but wefl cultivated and fairly neat. Takes part of one man's time, with some 

 work and personal direction by the lady of the house. 



Quality oj upkeep. — Fair to poor. 



Area per man. — Equivalent to about two acres. 



4. Garden on a Country Place on Long Island, about One Hour from New York. (Same place 



as A-4.) 

 Labor. — Prices not known. 

 Cbaracter. — Consists of vegetables, small fruits and flowers, with some turf walks, some gravel 



walks, perennial borders, hedges and an arbor. Total area three to four acres. 

 Quality 0} upkeep. — Good. 

 Area per man. — Equivalent to about one to one and one-third acres. 



C. PUBLIC PARKS— 



1. Approximate Figures Based on G. A. Parker's Observations. ^f* p*' ™»" "f 



mamtenance-lorce 



(a) For elaborate parks with much gardening work, like Boston Public Gardens . i acre 



(6) For the usual lawn-kept park 5 or 6 acres 



(c) For a country park about 20 acres 



2. Baltimore Parks, 1906-07. Notes from W. S. Manning. 



Class I. Small city squares, triangles, and parkings •2.5 acres 



(Total area in this class of maintenance, about 100 acres.) 

 Class 2. That portion of large parks maintained as driveways, paths, lawns and plan- 

 tations, in areas varying from forty to one hundred and twenty-five acres in one 



park. . *4.4 acres 



(Total area in this class of maintenance 330 acres. One team per fourteen acres in 

 addition. 

 Class 3. That part of large parks kept as fields and mowed two to four times a year, or 



as woods, or in water *2^ acres 



(Total area in this class of maintenance 770 acres. One team per 64 acres in 

 addition.) 

 *These areas are figured on the maintenance-force exclusive of teams. 



