LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AS SEEN FROM THE AIR - A Series of Long Island Estates, John Russell Pope, Architect.
Showing At a Glance the Landscape Development of the House and Its Surroundings.
Critical Captions by Clarence Fowler, Fellow American Society of Landscape Architects
NO. 1. The property of Mrs. Robert Bacon, Sr., at Westbury, Long Island, is particularly rich in detail, showing the road system, and the sloping lawn in front of the house with its massing of trees on either side. Near the house is a charming little garden, enclosed with a hedge, designed by Mrs. Martha Brookes Hutcheson, with a pool and primly trimmed evergreens suggestive of England. The two great trees at the foot of the slope below the garden make a beautiful vista looking through the hedge from the house. On the opposite side of the house are the service buildings and the charming rock garden with its walks, designed by Mrs. Bacon herself. In front of the house, looking over the sloping lawn to the open field, there is on the left a little lake with natural planting, while on the right there are trees and berry bearing shrubs to attract the birds.
No. 2. The aerial view of the Commodore Gould place on Long Island gives a very good idea of the house and surrounding topography with a wooded hillside back of the house. It shows well the road plan, service buildings, and great stretches of informal lawn, with groups of small planting that will eventually form vistas from the house.
No. 3. The aerial photograph of the property of Ogden Mills at Westbury, Long Island, shows a well developed formal plan along broad lines with formal vistas created by cutting through natural planting.
No. 4. The arrangement of Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr.’s place at Jericho, Long Island, is reminiscent of France. A central vista is formally treated with pools, statuary and clipped foliage, flanked on either side by shaded alleys verging into the natural landscape.
No. 5. The residence of Middleton S. Burrill at Jericho. Long Island. The house itself is well placed, on the brow of a hill with a background of natural planting, accentuated by a road flanked with clipped foliage. In the foreground is shown the front of the house with formal parterres and steps leading to a well clipped lawn. In the photograph the spotting of conical trees does not add to the beauty of the composition. This is much more evident in an aerial view than it would be on the ground.
Showing At a Glance the Landscape Development of the House and Its Surroundings.
Critical Captions by Clarence Fowler, Fellow American Society of Landscape Architects
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| NO. 1. PROPERTY OF MRS. ROBERT BACON, SR., WESTBURY, LONG ISLAND John Russell Pope, Architect |
NO. 1. The property of Mrs. Robert Bacon, Sr., at Westbury, Long Island, is particularly rich in detail, showing the road system, and the sloping lawn in front of the house with its massing of trees on either side. Near the house is a charming little garden, enclosed with a hedge, designed by Mrs. Martha Brookes Hutcheson, with a pool and primly trimmed evergreens suggestive of England. The two great trees at the foot of the slope below the garden make a beautiful vista looking through the hedge from the house. On the opposite side of the house are the service buildings and the charming rock garden with its walks, designed by Mrs. Bacon herself. In front of the house, looking over the sloping lawn to the open field, there is on the left a little lake with natural planting, while on the right there are trees and berry bearing shrubs to attract the birds.
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| NO. 2. PROPERTY OF COMMODORE GOULD, LONG ISLAND, N. Y. JOHN RUSSELL POPE, ARCHITECT |
No. 2. The aerial view of the Commodore Gould place on Long Island gives a very good idea of the house and surrounding topography with a wooded hillside back of the house. It shows well the road plan, service buildings, and great stretches of informal lawn, with groups of small planting that will eventually form vistas from the house.
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| NO. 3. PROPERTY OF OGDEN MILLS, WESTBURY, LONG ISLAND JOHN RUSSELL POPE, ARCHITECT |
No. 3. The aerial photograph of the property of Ogden Mills at Westbury, Long Island, shows a well developed formal plan along broad lines with formal vistas created by cutting through natural planting.
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| NO. 4. PROPERTY OF MRS. W. K. VANDERBILT, JR., JERICHO, LONG ISLAND JOHN RUSSELL POPE, ARCHITECT |
No. 4. The arrangement of Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr.’s place at Jericho, Long Island, is reminiscent of France. A central vista is formally treated with pools, statuary and clipped foliage, flanked on either side by shaded alleys verging into the natural landscape.
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| NO. 5. HOUSE AND LANDSCAPE SURROUNDINGS OF MIDDLETON S BURRILL, JERICHO, LONG ISLAND JOHN RUSSELL POPE, ARCHITECT |
No. 5. The residence of Middleton S. Burrill at Jericho. Long Island. The house itself is well placed, on the brow of a hill with a background of natural planting, accentuated by a road flanked with clipped foliage. In the foreground is shown the front of the house with formal parterres and steps leading to a well clipped lawn. In the photograph the spotting of conical trees does not add to the beauty of the composition. This is much more evident in an aerial view than it would be on the ground.