The prairie spirit in landscape gardening; what the people of Illinois have done and can do toward designing and planting public and private grounds for efficiency and beauty . ty park in the Middle West, witness the PrairieRiver and its adjacent meadow (Fig. 2). Each city canproduce a different picture by restoring its local color, orcharacteristic vegetation. There are three ways of doingthis, for the prairie spirit can be idealized, conventionalized,or symbolized. For example, it is idealized in the Conserv-atories (Figs. 25-34) by suggesting the appearance of Illi-nois in geological period
The prairie spirit in landscape gardening; what the people of Illinois have done and can do toward designing and planting public and private grounds for efficiency and beauty . ty park in the Middle West, witness the PrairieRiver and its adjacent meadow (Fig. 2). Each city canproduce a different picture by restoring its local color, orcharacteristic vegetation. There are three ways of doingthis, for the prairie spirit can be idealized, conventionalized,or symbolized. For example, it is idealized in the Conserv-atories (Figs. 25-34) by suggesting the appearance of Illi-nois in geological periods before the coming of man. It isconventionalized in the Rose-garden (Fig. 8) so much sothat there are no prairie flowers in it, and in Humboldt bou-levard (Fig. 59). It is symbolized in the playground atDouglas Park (Figs. 55-56) by means of plants with hori-zontal branches and flower clusters. The same principles and methods have been used onmany private estates, which offer a larger canvas for purerestorations than the average farmstead or city lot. How-ever, every home can express the new idea in proportion toits means. The farmer may idealize his farm view by fram-. 1. The Praine St>le of Landscape Gardening ISIarned to the Praine St>k of Architecture The environment is woodland, says the landscape/a)glriJ»rt:^liaWtl invitation to the prairie which is not far away. (Home fs are designed to frame the view of the house and give anIvan, architect.) THE %RAIRIE SPIRIT IN LANDSCAPE GARDENING *&...Mmik4^I 1^, , ? ^^l^f^0m^^¥^^^mll^^ R .ikiaitMnj ^te«.. — i ^^??- ?^.^- ? - -iSS:,^St ?? ^vvj,;, _ W ? ^^W-,,^ ?^iHWBWB i ^*^**. ?.. ^ ? ??? ?? r ^^^k!. > ^IHbHiili li: : ,.;c ^ \ W« -*^^*- ^ Oj^^ 41-^ ^1^ ^^ ?>^:i^^^^^^ ^^^hIH^ 3. Restoration Is the Second Principle in the Prairie StyleThe aim is to re-create the spirit of disappearing types of American scenery by restoring as much as possibleof the local color or peculiar character impr
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