The 1917 Reptonian: an annual publication representative of the work in the professional course of landscape gardening at the University of Illinois . * l£2 5&Li -I. Fifty-eight The 1917 Reptonian Junior Design R. H. Humphreys Lois G. Guild Another solution for the development of Carl Park and its environsis the one shown here by Mr. Humphreys. The factors influencing thisdesign were the same as in the preceding case, so the plan presented isquite similar, especially in the main park area. Considerable differenceis found in the treatment of the link connecting the park and the HighSchool. Inst


The 1917 Reptonian: an annual publication representative of the work in the professional course of landscape gardening at the University of Illinois . * l£2 5&Li -I. Fifty-eight The 1917 Reptonian Junior Design R. H. Humphreys Lois G. Guild Another solution for the development of Carl Park and its environsis the one shown here by Mr. Humphreys. The factors influencing thisdesign were the same as in the preceding case, so the plan presented isquite similar, especially in the main park area. Considerable differenceis found in the treatment of the link connecting the park and the HighSchool. Instead of a long grass panel, we have a boulevard with tree-linedwalks on each side. The terminating feature of the park on the side oppo-site the High School is an elaborate pool and fountain, backed by a pergolaand field houses as shown on the plan. This very formal group serves alsoas a fitting entrance to the Park proper, as well as providing a well bal-anced street terminal. The development, as a park, of this triangular piece of property, lo-cated in Lake Forest, Illinois, is comparatively simple. The traffic lines areflowing and logical. The desired open


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