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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
Turning now to Plan No. 2, we find 
the grounds occupying about 16,000 square 
feet and raised above the street in two lev- 
els — the first or house level, two and one- 
half feet above the sidewalk; the second or 
lawn level, in the rear, about two feet 
higher than the former, both supported 
above the sidewalk by low retaining walls 
with balustraded fence on top. 
As in the earlier example, the service 
path is separate from the main entrance 
walk, although in this case joined by a 
walk leading to a side porch. The drying 
yard is given a separate, lattice-enclosed 
area — always good practice where space 
allows. 
The upper level is given over to an oval 
lawn of sufficient size for croquet and 
completely screened in by a tall border of 
shrubs and flowers to insure privacy. A 
summer house, seat and children’s sand 
court are interesting features. 
Beside the heavy planting around the 
upper lawn, a wide shrub border separates 
the lot from the adjoining property, with 
narrower borders and hedge back of the 
street boundaries, and the usual low shrub 
planting at the base of the house walls. 
Plan No. 3 shows another corner lot, 
having an area of approximately 11,000 
square feet, and introducing the new ele- 
ment of a driveway and court yard or turn 
in connection with a garage. Entrance 
walk and service path are again kept sep- 
arate, and again we have the latice-inclosed 
drying space, a feature infinitely more im- 
portant and useful than the very much 
overdone pergola. 
If this article influences but one sub- 
urbanite to build a well designed lattice 
screen around his drying yard, instead of 
the oftentimes inappropriate pergola, it 
will have accomplished its mission ! 
LANDSCAPE GARDENING AT ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY 
Courses of landscape gardening have 
been offered by the Department of Horti- 
culture in the University of Illinois since 
1868. A definitely prescribed professional 
course leading to the degree of B. S. in 
landscape gardening was instituted in 1909 
and the work is conducted as a division of 
the Department of Horticulture. 
The course combines with the profes- 
sional work in landscape gardening the 
essentials of a liberal education aiming to 
give the student a broader foundation for 
his future work as a professional landscape 
architect. 
Landscape gardening is regarded as one 
of the arts of design 'and the aesthetic side 
of the profession is emphasized throughout 
the course, the practice in design being 
given the most important place in the 
study list. The work in design is started 
in the freshman year, with courses in the 
Department of Architecture, and continues 
through the first semester of the sopho- 
more year, when the work in landscape 
design is begun. The first course takes 
up the more simple problems in landscape 
gardening and special attention is given to 
the form, location and scale of planting 
areas. The more complicated problems, 
such as country estates, playgrounds, 
parks and garden design, are taken up in 
the junior and senior courses in design. 
Sketch problems are given from time to 
time to develop rapidity of thought and 
originality and quick methods of presenta- 
tion. The problems are judged and “men- 
tions” awarded, a grade of 85 per cent 
being necessary for a “mention,” 90 per 
cent for a “second mention,” and 95 per 
cent or above for a “first mention.” 
Throughout the four years emphasis is 
laid on the actual carrying out of plans 
in the field, and during the senior year a 
special course is given in which the stu- 
dents are given practical work in the 
practice of the profession of landscape 
gardening. For this work there is avail- 
able a tract of land of several acres and 
problems are worked out in plant design 
and landscape construction. For the pur- 
pose of studying this phase of the work in- 
spection trips are made to the larger cities 
from time to time. 
The Division of Landscape Gardening 
occupies rooms on the third floor of the 
Agricultural building, there being two 
drafting rooms, a herbarium and seminar 
room, library and study rooms, lecture 
rooms and offices. The library contains an 
excellent collection of books relating espe- 
cially to the subject of landscape garden- 
ing, photographs of examples of both for- 
eign and American landscape work, draw- 
ings and blueprints from representative 
landscape offices, and the leading period- 
icals are kept on the reading tables. 
The requirements for admission to the 
four-year professional course are the same 
as those for the College of Agriculture. 
The following extracts from the descrip- 
tion of courses as given in the Division of 
Landscape Gardening and listed under 
Horticulture in the University Register will 
be of interest : 
Landscape Gardening; lectures with reference 
reading: The object of this course is to give the 
student a broad knowledge of the principles of land- 
scape and garden design. The various types of 
landscape and garden design are briefly considered, 
and the discussion of theory in application to spe- 
cific problems is taken up in the lectures. The 
common plants used in landscape design indigenous 
to Illinois are studied on the field trips. During the 
last half of the semester the field trips are omit- 
ted and the time devoted to single problems in 
landscape design with planting schemes are taken 
up. 
10b Landscape Design. (Elementary course.) 
Drafting, field trips, assigned readings, reports, and 
occasional lectures on the problem in hand: This 
course consists in the working out of simple prob- 
lems in landscape design. Actual problems based 
on paced and measured surveys of local exam- 
ples are given out to be solved by the students 
under the direction of the instructors. The com- 
pleted designs are due on a certain date and the 
drawings are judged on their comparative merits 
by a committee. Frequent trips are made to study 
the existing conditions of the problem under con- 
sideration, and criticisms before the class are giv- 
en from time to time. The working out of sketches 
in elevation, writing of reports, and suggestions 
for planting schemes are required for several of 
the problems. 
23a Landscape Design (Second course.) Draft- 
ing, field trips, assigned readings,, reports, and oc- 
casional lectures. This course takes up the more 
complicated problems in landscape design, such as 
country estates, playgrounds, small parks, etc. The 
problems are based on topographic surveys taken in 
the vicinity of the University. 
24a Trees and Shrubs. Lectures and reference 
readings, field trips; two lectures and one field trip 
per week. The object of this course is to familiar- 
ize the student with the plant material important 
in landscape gardening. Special attention is given 
to the landscape value of each particular plant as 
regards such practical considerations as adapta- 
bility to soil and situation, and its use in plant 
composition. 
25a Advanced Landscape Design. Drafting, field 
trips, assigned readings, reports, and occasional 
lectures. Nine hours drafting per week. This 
course consists in working out more complicated 
problems in landscape design, such as the prepara- 
tion of plans for a country park, cemetery design, 
