INDEX 



Effigies and monuments in parks, 170; 

 jeopardise park ideals, 171-173; de- 

 sign of park compromised, 180; means 

 of eradication, 172; commendable 

 substitutes, 174-178 ; protection 

 against, 184; historical monuments, 

 183. See Statues 



Engineers, untrained in park design, 36; 

 untrained in planting design, 224 



Equipment of parks, 296-312 



Exhibits in parks, 130, 132 



Features in parks, 130 



Floral bands, 278, 288-290 



Floral colour, elementary, 88 ; brilliancy, 

 278; value and control, 290; combina- 

 tions of , 292 ; one-colour effects, 292,294 



Floral combinations, 292-294 



Floral disfigurement, 279, 281 



Floral display, in middle-class districts, 

 108; in " passing- through " parks, 86, 

 88-90; in tenement districts, 104 



Floral reinforcement, 287-289 



Flower beds, form and placement, 284- 

 286; meaninglessness of round beds, 

 26, 278-280; a senseless arrangement, 

 57; relation to park plan, 31, 286-290; 

 never to interrupt line of sight, 94, 286, 

 291 



Flowers in parks, need of design, 278, 

 280; profusion, 280, 282; hardy per- 

 ennials, 282, 283; annuals, 284; grow- 

 ing wild, 295 



Foresters, incompetent in park design, 36 



Fountains, drinking, 308, 309 



Fountains for water display, 210-212; 

 location for, 82, 93; placement of, 218; 

 preferable to statues, 82, 174, 175, 178, 

 220; sacrificed for statues, 208 



Game courts, 166-168; design and equip- 

 ment of, 138 



Gardeners, untrained in park design, 36; 



untrained in planting composition, 



222 

 Gardens in parks, rock garden, 8; box 



garden, 99; flower, 162; water garden, 



112, 130; botanical, 130, 135, 136; 



zoological, 130, 134, 135, 138; concert, 



130, 135, 136; children's play garden, 



162 

 Golf Unks, 130, 138 

 Greenhouses in parks, necessity for, 200; 



illegitimate use of, 202; design of, 203 

 Gymnasiums in parks, 116, 155, 158 



Hippodromes, 130, 138, 139, 170 

 Horticultural display houses, 130 

 Horticultural suppression, 230 



Inspiration in parks, natural features, 

 128, 129; historical monuments, 104, 

 183; famous sculpture, 177 



Labyrinths, 146 



Landscape and park designers, projects 

 hampered, 16; initiative, 17; destruc- 

 tive criticism, 44, 48; comparative 

 competency, 36; limiting conditions, 

 238-241; advice to, 242, 243; coopera- 

 tion and harmony, 156, 248 



Landscape architecture allied with other 

 arts, 5; comprehensive scope of, 15 



Left-over areas, 96, 97, 269 



Lighting of parks, 310; light standards, 

 310, 311 



Memorials in parks, 175-178; sites for,182 



National Commission of Fine Arts, 18,50 

 National Parks, 128, 129 

 Neighbourhood parks, 98; to serve and 



not to segregate, 98; purpose of, 98; 



combined with ' ' passing-through ' ' 



park, 87 

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