ON LANDSCAPE GARDENERS 



The firm of Olmsted Brothers is 

 generally praised for its efficient business 

 organization, meiking it possible to turn 

 out a large amount of work of uniform 

 excellence, Mr. John C. Olmsted is said to 

 be strong on the organization and adminis- 

 tration of parks and municipal projects 

 generally. Mr. Frederick Law Olmsted, 

 Jr., is credited with unusual artistic gifts. 

 Mr. Percival Gallagher, a member of the 

 same firm, is mentioned by those who know 

 him as a young man of special promise. 



Various accidents of circumstance 

 have combined to place Mr. Charles A. 

 Piatt in the nominal leadership of the 

 American exponents of the Italian style. 

 Mr. Piatt is, first of all, an architect (as, 

 in fact, are nearly all the devotees of the 

 Italian style), and lays no claim to a 

 knowledge of gardening. However, he has 

 designed a number of small places with 

 distinguished success. The Larz Andersen 

 Garden at Brookline, Mass., is the most 

 noted example of his work, but some of 

 the smaller things which he has done at 

 Cornish, N. H., are said to be even better. 



Mr. O. C. Simonds, of Chicago, made 

 his reputation as designer and superintend- 



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