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)
d, and its largeagglomerations of population were but recent; he was goingto see what landscape and scenery had become in regionswhich had been occupied by man for many centuries, andwhat rural delights remained possible for the population ofgreat cities a thousand years old. Tlie placing of a new… … Mr. Olmsteds design for tlie avenues (1883). The approach-roadpasses between two big ledges, and goes under one wing of the house.No proper grade could in any way be obtained short of the distance tothe other side of the house. The turning space on the seaward side ofthe house, and the road which…
Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926 · Landscape architecture
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