Charles Eliot, landscape architect, a lover of nature and of his kind, who trained himself for a new profession, practised it happily and through it wrought much good (1902)
public opinion which will condemn all injurious practices likepeeling bark, breaking trees, and trampling grass. The paths offer a means of enjoying the scene without in-juring it, — this is the reason they are made. I would havea plain fence of stout pickets, or better of strong boards of 1… … 30-50 feet each. Then I would post a notice to the follow-ing effect, though not necessarily in these words : — City of Concord. Park Commission, White Park. Notice. This Woodland — the gift of Armenia S. White — is heldin trust for the enjoymeut of the citizens of Concord in theirsuccessive…
Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926 · Landscape architecture
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