The Native Landscape Reader

Contents

v Series Editor’s Preface by Daniel J. Nadenicek ix Preface xiii Introduction 3 Part I: aPPrecIatIon of nature 23 Thomas Cole, “Essay on American Scenery” (1835) 27 Danske Dandridge, “In the Company of Trees” (1892) 37 Charles Sprague Sargent and William Augustus Stiles, “The Love of Nature” (1892) 40 Ossian Cole Simonds, “Appreciation of Natural Beauty” (1898) 44 Horace William Shaler Cleveland, “Influence of Parks on the Character of Children” (1898) 48 Liberty Hyde Bailey, The Outlook to Nature (1911) 51 Selden Lincoln Whitcomb, “The Value of Natural Areas to Literature and Art” (1926) 67 Stanley White, “The Value of Natural Preserves to the Landscape Architect” (1926) 70 William Willard Ashe, “The Value to Silviculture of Reserved Areas of Natural Forest Types” (1926) 73 Arthur Sperry Pearse, “The Value of Aquatic Preserves to Fisheries” (1926) 76 Stephen Sargent Visher, “The Importance to Geography of the Preservation of Natural Areas” (1926) 78 Victor E. Shelford, “The Importance of Natural Areas to Biology and Agriculture” (1926) 80 Contents vi ContEnts Part II: our amerIcan flora 82 Andrew Jackson Downing, “The Neglected American Plants” (1851) 85 Charles Sprague Sargent and William Augustus Stiles, “American Trees for America” (1897) 88 Henry Nehrling, “Native Plants for Florida Gardens” (1894) 91 Charles H. Shinn, “The Wild Gardens of the Sierra” (1896) 94 E. J. Hill, “Prairie Woodlands” (1894) 97 Charles Sprague Sargent and William Augustus Stiles, “The American Hawthorns” (1892) 99 Jens Jensen, “I Like Our Prairie Landscape” (1920) 103 Part III: the natIve landscaPe as a source of InsPIratIon 107 Andrew Jackson Downing, “A Few Hints on Landscape Gardening” (1851) 109 Jens Jensen, “Landscape Art—An Inspiration from the Western Plains” (1906) 112 Wilhelm Miller, “The Prairie Spirit in Landscape Gardening (1916) 115 Frank A. Waugh, “What Is Meant” and “The Native Landscape,” from The Natural Style in Landscape Gardening (1917) 119 Harold A. Caparn, “Thoughts on Planting Composition” (1929) 130 Frank A. Waugh, “A Juniper Landscape” (1931) 140 Frank A. Waugh, “Natural Plant Groups” (1931) 146 Ossian Cole Simonds, “Nature as the Great Teacher in Landscape Gardening” (1932) 151 Elsa Rehmann, “An Ecological Approach” (1933) 157 Part Iv: natural Parks and Gardens 163 J. Horace McFarland, “An American Garden” (1899) 165 Warren H. Manning, “The Two Kinds of Bog Garden” (1908) 171 Wilhelm Miller, “What Is the Matter with Our Water Gardens?” (1912) 176 Arthur G. Eldredge, “Making a Small Garden Look Large” (1924) 183 Jens Jensen and Ragna B. Eskil, “Natural Parks and Gardens” (1930) 186 May Theilgaard Watts, “A Story for Ravinians” (1936) 200 May Theilgaard Watts, “On Improving the Property” (1980) 203 Part v: restoratIon and manaGement of the natIve landscaPe 205 Horace William Shaler Cleveland, The Culture and Management of Our Native Forests (1882) 209 Frederick Law Olmsted and J. B. Harrison, “The Use of the Axe” (1889) 224 ContEnts vii Charles Eliot, “Landscape Forestry in the Metropolitan Reservations” (1896–1897) 229 Jens Jensen, “Report of the Landscape Architect” (1904) 250 Lars Peter Jensen, “Parks as Preservers of Native Plants (1915) 259 Jens Jensen, “The Dunes of Northern Indiana” (1917) 264 Henry Chandler Cowles, Testimony at the Hearing on the Proposed Sand Dunes National Park (1917) 267 Aldo Leopold, “The Last Stand of the Wilderness” (1926) 271 Paul B. Riis, “Ecological Garden and Arboretum at the University of Wisconsin” (1937) 277 Epilogue 287 Notes 295 Works Cited 299 Index 307 ...