Frederick Law Olmsted: Early Years and Experiences

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

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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