Forty Years of Landscape Architecture

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Author

Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903

Title

Frederick Law Olmsted : Landscape architect. Vol. 1, Early years and experiences, together with biographical notes.

Original Publication

United States: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.

Credits

The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

SB: Agriculture: Plant culture

Subject

Landscape architects -- United States -- Biography

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 70767

Release Date

May 15, 2023

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.FORTY YEARS OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.Untitled
4. 4.Untitled
5. 5.Untitled
6. 6.PREFACE
7. 7.CONTENTS
8. 8.ILLUSTRATIONS
9. 9.LIST OF PAPERS AND DOCUMENTS
10. 10.PART I BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES 1822-1903 — FOOTNOTES:
11. 11.PART II. EARLY EXPERIENCES THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO HIS LATER CAREER — CHAPTER I AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL PASSAGES
12. 12.Passages in the Life of an Unpractical Man — FOOTNOTES:
13. 13.HINTS AIDFUL TO ELEMENTARY SELF-EDUCATION IN DESIGN IN THE COMMON FIELDS OF LANDSCAPE GARDENING PROPER. — FOOTNOTES:
14. 14.CHAPTER II EARLY PLEASURE TOURS — FOOTNOTES:
15. 15.CHAPTER III STUDY AND READING
16. 16.CHAPTER IV FARMING — FOOTNOTES:
17. 17.CHAPTER V LANDSCAPING
18. 18.CHAPTER VI RELATIONS WITH DOWNING — FOOTNOTES:
19. 19.CHAPTER VII LANDSCAPE OBSERVATIONS FROM EUROPEAN TRAVEL — BIRKENHEAD AND ITS PARK — A FERME ORNÉE — EATON PARK — ENGLISH LANDSCAPE — THE DESCRIPTION OF SCENERY — FOOTNOTES:
20. 20.CHAPTER VIII SOUTHERN TRIPS, 1852-1854 — THE WESTERN PRAIRIES — SAN ANTONIO — THE SAN ANTONIO SPRING — SEGUIN — THE LANDSCAPE—ROSE HEDGES — THE BLUFF — FOOTNOTES:
21. 21.CHAPTER IX REPUTATION IN 1857 — FOOTNOTES:
22. 22.PART III AMERICAN LANDSCAPE GARDENING IN 1857 — FOOTNOTES:

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