. The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast . r additions we aregetting away from the rectangular monotony which formerly prevailed. Itseems, however, that the arts of planning and of road l)uilding have receivedmore attention than that of planting. Many examples could be cited whereplanning and grading of a high order have totally failed of their intendedeffect through the trivial and temporary character of the ])lanting. And inother cases, while some success has resulted, it has entailed an outlay furmaintenance out of proportion to the effect securerl. Any consideration o
. The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast . r additions we aregetting away from the rectangular monotony which formerly prevailed. Itseems, however, that the arts of planning and of road l)uilding have receivedmore attention than that of planting. Many examples could be cited whereplanning and grading of a high order have totally failed of their intendedeffect through the trivial and temporary character of the ])lanting. And inother cases, while some success has resulted, it has entailed an outlay furmaintenance out of proportion to the effect securerl. Any consideration of planting for the vicinity of San Francisco in\-ariably be prefaced by a note upon our siJccial, almost uni(|ue,climatic conditions. .And any scheme of planting which neglects theseconditions is foredoomed to failure. We ha\ e at times sunlight of almosttropic intensity, while at other times the sun is feeble or obscured in- fog; ^The third of a series of papers begun in the December issue.*Of Wood & Simpson, .\rchitects. 74 The Architect and Ei. COTTAGE AT XQKDHOFFon Hunt & Elmer Grey. Archi, the long, arid, rainless summer is succeeded Viy a wet season, when theground in the shade is scarcely ever dry: and in the spring the strongwesterl}- trade wind blows almost continuous!} fur two or three months. These conditions require a scheme of planting specially suited to themand (|uite different from that which is successful elsewhere, ^^e must seekto regulate the kind and number of trees so as to secure an adequatesetting for the houses without undue density or excessive shade, while thesweep of the w^est wind must be obstructed by hedges and shrubbery whiclishall be low enough to admit the sun over them into the house and in these re-spects has producedeffects which aregloomy and depres-sing to the mind, anddetrimental to thehealth of the high fog, fre-quent during thesummer, introduces aspecial problem pfcolor which appearsnot to be generalhund
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