LANDSCAPE GARDENING STUDIES 



Mountain Terrace, a similar reservation recently 

 treated in the same manner. 



Albemarle Park is a tract of land of about sixty 

 acres situated in Asheville, North Carolina. The 

 scheme is the usual one of a hotel with cottages 

 around it. The unusual feature of the place is its 

 steepness. The natural contours in many places 

 will hardly allow one to reach its upper portions 

 without the most strenuous "effort. Consequently 

 it is not surprising that the roads ascend on this 

 place with almost spiral curves as may be seen 

 on the accompanying plan. The entrance to the 

 place is happily worked out by the architect in a 

 simple building with a reasonable amount of dis- 

 tinction, with a fine archway giving a glimpse up 

 a winding road. This building is largely massed 

 with trees and shrubs. 



The lots on this territory are naturally hilly 

 and sometimes the front door has to be reached 

 by steps. But the very ruggedness of the ground 

 suggests more picturesque buildings and the wind- 

 ing of the roads gives opportunities for masses of 

 foliage to increase the beauty of the place. 



The views from points all over the park, as one 

 comes from behind a mass of trees or foliage, 

 ranges over the most entrancing scene of mountain 

 and valley, arid at the highest boundary of the 

 place one emerges on a road called Sunset Drive 

 which commands the most distant and striking 

 prospect. 



The lots, which range from one-half acre to 

 three acres in extent, were in each case carefully 



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