The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast (1905)
San Francisco, Calif. : Architect and Engineer Co · leaf 399
sfor country estates. These were, of course, not always large, and oftenwere walled in or engirt (girt in), and, therefore, perhaps in a sensegardens. !Mr. Olmsted, in 18.^6, had before him not such a problem, butthat of designing a great public park for a large city. This work was notgardening in… … Versailles, Paris, Francehole the Predominance of Gravel Paths in the De Tlic Architect and Eiij^iiwcr 81 were t(i l)e (Icvelopcd, and we know how well it has been done, broad,peaceful landscape effects, giving the tired city dweller opportunity forrestful contemplation and relief from city sights…
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