FORTY YEARS OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

BEING THE PROFESSIONAL PAPERS OF FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED, SENIOR

Frederick Law Olmsted in 1850

FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT 1822-1903

EDITED BY FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED, JR. AND THEODORA KIMBALL

★ EARLY YEARS AND EXPERIENCES TOGETHER WITH BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES

ILLUSTRATED

G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS NEW YORK AND LONDON The Knickerbocker Press 1922

Copyright, 1922 by Frederick Law Olmsted

Made in the United States of America

ON THE CENTENNIAL YEAR OF HIS BIRTH IS PUBLISHED THIS FIRST VOLUME OF THE PROFESSIONAL PAPERS OF FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED