Contents
Introduction
1. Extermination of the Oak at Lake Geneva, Wisconsin (1901)
2. Plan for Hospital Grounds (1901)
3. Topiary Gardening (1902)
4. Parks and Politics (1902)
5. Marring the Landscape (1902)
6. Urban and Suburban Landscape Gardening (1903)
7. Soil Conditions and Tree Growth around Lake Michigan, Part II (1904)
8. Hawthorns in the Landscape (1904)
9. Landscape Art—An Inspiration from the Western Plains (1906)
10. Some Gardens of the Middle West (1908)
11. Improving a Small Country Place (1910)
12. Regulating City Building (1911)
13. Testimony Regarding Proposed Sand Dunes National Park (1917)
14. Report of Mr. Jens Jensen, Consulting Landscape Architect, on Landscape Design of Columbus Park (1918)
15. A Greater West Park System (1920)
16. I Like Our Prairie Landscape (1920)
17. Wisconsin Beautiful (1921)
18. Landscape Gardening—An Art (1923)
19. Roadside Planting (1924)
20. Novelty Versus Nature (1924)
21. American Garden Thoughts (1925)
22. The Park Policy (1926)
23. Nature the Source (1927)
24. Landscape Appreciation (1927)
25. The Naturalistic Treatment in a Metropolitan Park (1930)
26. Natural Parks and Gardens (1930)
27. Conservation in the Regional Plan (1934)
28. A Program for School of the Soil (mid-1930s)
29. The “Clearing” (1937)
30. Garden Design: Special Lecture (1939)
31. Protect Devil’s Lake Beauty (1940)
32. The Camp Fire or Council Fire (1941)
33. Learning the Lessons of Nature (1942)
34. These Are Days of Rebirth (1943)
35. The “Why” of Parks and Wilderness Areas (1946)
36. The Heat of Many Summers’ Sun (1947)
Notes
Bibliography
Index