The 1917 Reptonian: an annual publication representative of the work in the professional course of landscape gardening at the University of Illinois . the higher part of the property, the entrancedrive leading in from the main traveled road in a long and graceful curvearound the house to a very formal forecourt. The main entrance drivealso serves as the service road to the point where a branch connects it withthe service group. One might note in this connection the very good organi-zations of the service buildings, and the vegetable and cut-flower gardens,everything being very practical and ea
The 1917 Reptonian: an annual publication representative of the work in the professional course of landscape gardening at the University of Illinois . the higher part of the property, the entrancedrive leading in from the main traveled road in a long and graceful curvearound the house to a very formal forecourt. The main entrance drivealso serves as the service road to the point where a branch connects it withthe service group. One might note in this connection the very good organi-zations of the service buildings, and the vegetable and cut-flower gardens,everything being very practical and easily accessible. There are two main gardens, both formal in character, the one beingcalled the perennial garden, the other the formal garden, both, however,bearing a distinct relationship to the house. The spacious terrace com-manding a view over the gardens, the lake, and the distant fields is locatedon the west, and completes the interest around the house. The pavilion on the lake shore, the bowling green, tennis courts, andclock golf offer a variety of recreations which should satisfy the moststrenuous athlete. The 1917 Reptonian Forty-seven. L* ?. A Country Estate M. R. Davis Forty-eightJunior Design The 1917 Reptonian E. M. FlCKETT AN ITALIAN COUNTRY ESTATE A plan for a house of distinctive Italian design, and a topographicmap of a tract of land was given each student. The existing orchard wasto be kept intact, poor views around the property were to be screened out,and an Italian design adapted to the exigencies of the twentieth centurymode of life was to be worked out on this property, allowing for a rathersteep hill toward the northwest corner, and considerable fall in grade tothe southeast. The design of the estate is in keeping with the distinctly Italian feel-ing of the house. The type of development in which the house is locatedat the bottom of the hill was selected as being the best adapted to the situa-tion. The casino crowns the knoll and commands a view of the gr
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