INDEX 



Neighbourhood parks in finest districts, 

 110; general character, 110, 112, 114; 

 planting of, 110, ll'i, 114; water dis- 

 play in, 112; i)rovision for seats in, 

 112; floral display in, 114 



Neighbourhood parks in middle-class 

 districts, 106; character of design, 

 106-109; planting of, 108; floral dis- 

 play in, 108; water display in, 108; 

 provision for seats in, 108 



Neighbourhood parks in tenement dis- 

 tricts, 102; planting of, 102-104; 

 floral display, 104; character of de- 

 sign, 104; ornamentation, 104; sani- 

 tation, 106; benches, 106 



Nurseries, commercial methods of man- 

 agement, 242 



Nurseries for parks, the evils of, 238; 

 endanger park design, 241; special- 

 ised type, 242; a false economy, 238, 

 239, 241 



Nursery-firm methods in park planting, 

 50 



Nursery importunities and criticism, 

 240 



Nursery material, inferior stock, 240; 

 poorly grown, 239; native versus 

 exotic, 240; competitive ])urchase, 242 



Nurserj'men, luitrained in j^ark design, 

 36 



Park acreage, 7 



Park administration, 238-240; danger of 



unenlightened or opinionated, 16, 17 

 Park administrators, unfamiliar with 



design, 16; whimsical changes by, 54; 



disastrous policies, 238; desire for 



newspaper glory, 240, 242; arbitrary 



rulings ))y, 239, 241 

 Park annoyance, 270. 272 

 Park beauty, 58, 61; presupposes utility, 



296 



Park-building pojjular, 32 



Park building, 130; design of, 132, 194; 

 vital, 188; for residential purposes, 

 196-200; for ])ark service, 200-202; 

 service buildings to be designed, 200- 

 203 



Park care, 53, 55, 74, 76 



Park comfort, 298-312 



Park Commissioners, recommendations 

 to, 52, 54 



Park construction, 38 



Park conveniences, 308 



Park depredation, 42, 44, 152 



Park design, principles of, 56; sincerity 

 of, 62; strength of, 62, 63; imity in, 64, 

 65; relation and scale, 66, 69; dimen- 

 sions in, 66, 68, 69; harmony, 67; char- 

 acter, 68, 70, 71; attractiveness, 74; 

 orderliness, 144 



Park design, value unappreciated, 16; 

 academic theory, 17; training in, 34; 

 incompetence in, 36; confusion in, 62; 

 deceitfulness in, 48, 74; solving of 

 I)roblems, 64; discord in, 64; en- 

 dangered, 238-240; the outgrowth of 

 conditions, 62, 71-96; governed by 

 principles, 17 



Park designer, s])ecific training of, 36; 

 glad to confer, 44; must })e true to 

 ideals, 44, 48, 50. See Professional 

 Aid 



Park detail, harmony in, 64 



Park development, connnensurate with 

 city planning, 30; professional aid in, 

 13, 32, 38, 52, 54, 114, 224; relation 

 to jjolitics, 38, 40, 41; public lectures 

 on, 44; constant supervision required, 

 46 



Park display, temporary, 50, 74; inmie- 

 diate, 62 



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