INDEX

Italic numbers indicate illustrations.

• Abbott Collegiate Institute for Young Ladies (N.Y.C.), 268
• Abbot, Gorham D. (1807–1874), 260–61, 268
• “Academia” (Athens), 357
• Adams, Andrew, 356, 362
• Adams, Charles Francis, Jr. (1835–1915), 295, 331–32, 333; “The Reign of King Cotton,” 330
• Addison, Joseph (1672–1719), 359, 365–66
• Africa, production of cotton in, 331
• Agassiz Bridge, Fenway (Boston), 32
• Albert Edward (Prince of Wales) (1841–1910), 274–75, 276–77
• Allison, Samuel Perkins (1827–1858), 9
• Alphand, Jean-Charles-Adolphe (1817–1891), 234–35, 241, 309–11, 320, 361 ; writings of, 241
• American Engineering Journal, 312
• American party. See Know-Nothing party
• American Railroad Journal, 321
• American Social Science Association, 272–73
• Anthony. H. T.: “A Visit to the ’Central Park’ in the Summer of 1863,” 372
• “Arena” (journal), 200
• Asboth, Alexander S. (1811–1868), 256, 257
• Astor, William B., 272–73
• Atlantic Monthly, 201, 269, 270, 273–74, 330, 331; references to FLO in, 328, 330
• Audubon, John Woodhouse (1812–1862), 80, 83
• Austin, Alfred, 310, 320
• Babylon, garden of, 357, 363
• Bacon, Lord Francis (1561–1626), 357, 364; “Of Gardens,” 364
• Bangs Brothers & Company (publishers), 104, 106
• Barnum, D. (publisher), 371
• Barreda, Frederick L., 311, 321
• Barry, Sir Charles, 313, 321
• Barton, Frederick A., 278
• Bateman, James, 233
• Baumann, Eugene A., 363
• Beecher, Lyman, 10
• Bellows, Henry Whitney (1814–1882), 13, 36, 37, 270, 273–74; “Cities and Parks: With Special Reference to the New York Central Park,” 269, 270, 330
• Belmont, August (1816–1890), 227, 294; proposed alterations of Greens-ward plan, 24, 198, 201, 324–25, 326; relations of, with FLO, 29, 45–46, 315–16, 322
• Benkard, James A., 306–7, 320 Benkard and Hutton (merchants), 306, 320
• Bennett, James Gordon (1795–1872), 261, 268
• [456]
• Benque, W., 287
• Bible, 10
• Bigelow, John (1817–1911), 326, 333; relations of, with FLO, 235, 325–26; Retrospections of an Active Life, 326
• Birmingham Sewerage and Filtering Works (England), 234, 240
• “Black Republicans,” 85, 93
• Blacks, in northern U. S., 8
• Blair, Francis, Jr., 333
• Blair, Francis Preston, 333
• Blair, Montgomery, 333
• Blatchford, Richard M. (1798–1875), 290, 324, 325, 337; relations of, with FLO, 298–99, 303, 308, 317, 318–19, 34, 334
• Board of Commissioners of the Central Park (BCCP)
  • —actions by, 15, 29, 85, 86, 93, 104, 178, 241, 320; design competitions, 26–27, 38, 116, 272, 355; financial, 29, 31, 35, 45–46, 81, 86, 221, 224, 299, 301, 308; relating to AHG, 30, 31, 93, 307; relating to FLO, I, 24–25, 27, 28, 36, 38, 39, 45, 80, 81, 94, 112, 113, 114–15, 116, 178, 190, 192, 201, 229, 246, 289, 293–94, 301, 321, 322, 328–29, 334, 342, 343; relating to Egbert Viele, 104, 114–15
  • —Committee for Appointments and Discharges, 245–46
  • —Committee on Finance, 324
  • —Committee on Offices and Salaries, 79, 81, 283
  • —Committee on Statuary, Fountains, and Architectural Structures, 38, 271–72
  • —Committee on Trees and Plants, 107, 108–9, 112
  • —composition of, 81, 83, 103, 105
  • —employment of labor force, 85, 94, 314, 321, 337–38
  • —Executive Committee, 35, 222–23, 227, 239, 308–9, 319, 324, 326, 337
  • —flag of, 307 -FLO on, 102, 244–46, 256, 315–16, 323, 324–25, 337
  • —legislative action creating, I, 14, 85, 92, 228, 323
  • —offices of, 239, 286, 287
  • —-opposition to, 85, 113, 199, 247–48, 294
  • —politics and patronage, 31, 79, 85, 89, 236–39, 296–97, 335–36
  • —responsibilities of, 89, 322, 338
• Bogart, John, 12, 27, 45
• Bonaventure Cemetery (Savannah, Ga.), 363
• Boston, Mass., 262, 265
• Bowen, McNamee & Company (dry-goods firm, N.Y.C. ), 104, 106
• Boyle, Richard (1695–1753), 366
• Brace, Charles Loring (1826–1890), 7, 9, 67, 79, 81, 83, 288; relations of, with FLO, 9, 61, 78, 101, 252, 322
• Brace, Letitia Neill (Mrs. Charles Loring) (1822–1916), 79, 81, 287
• Bridgeman, Charles (d. 1738), 358, 365–66
• Britannia Bridge (Great Britain), 312, 313, 321
• British Houses of Parliament (London), cost of superintendence of construction of, 313
• British Sanitary Commission, 37
• Britton, Joseph, 91
• Broadway Widening Act of 1869 (N.Y.C. ), 250
• Brooklyn, N.Y., 262
• Brooks, David, 278
• Brooks, Preston, 7
• Brown, Lancelot “Capability” (1715–1783), 233, 313, 321
• Bryant, John, 63
• Bryant, Julia, 59
• Bryant, William Cullen, 59, 202
• Burlington, Earl of (Richard Boyle) (1695–1753), 359
• Burton, Decimus (1800–1881), 180
• Bushnell, Horace (1802–1876), 5, 362–63; “Barbarism the First Danger; A Discourse for Home Missions,” 5
• Butler, John S., 32
• Butterworth, John F. (1806–1873), 103, 227, 229, 324
• Carlyle, Thomas, 10
• Caroline (queen of England) (1683–1737), 360
• Catskill Mountains, 158
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• Centayne, Miss (governess), 274
• Central America, production of cotton in, 331
• Central Park, 206–11 Acreage and divisions of, III, 205, 354–55
• Activities in, 212–13, 214, 254, 279, 290, 304–5, 354–55
  • —active sports, 213, 249, 294, 355
  • —night use of, 205, 339
• Administration of
  • —engineering staff, 28, 31, 204, 301–2
  • —staff of superintendence, 222, 237, 309–10. See also FLO, Central Park administrative role; and Viele, Egbert Ludovicus
• Architectural structures in, 217–18
  • —arsenal, 184, 271, 394
  • —bandstand, 218, 403
  • —bell tower (temporary), 215
  • —boundary fence, 338–41
  • —bridges and arches, 28, 32–34, 222, 227–28; Balcony Bridge, 426, 427; Bow Bridge, 222, 223, 305, 319–20, 416, 417–418; Bridge “E,” 388, Denesmouth Arch, 394; Glade Arch, 384; Huddlestone Arch, 33, 34, 47, 216; iron bridge (“Pinebank Arch”), 396; iron “Oval Bridge,” 397; Marble Arch, 398, 399; oak bridge, 422; red and yellow brick bridge (“Playmates Arch”), 397; Riftstone Arch, 32, 33, 47, 202, 224, 292; rustic stone arch in Ramble, 47, 222, 224, 228, 292, 424, 425, 426; Spring-banks Arch, 446
  • —casino, 218, 386
  • —conservatory, 218
  • —Mount St. Vincent’s Convent buildings, 147, 231, 239, 242, 323
  • —music arbor, 405
  • —rustic boat-landing on Lake, 386
  • —rustic shelter in Ramble, 386
  • —Schiller statue, 432
  • —summerhouse, 393, 404
  • —Terrace, 215, 218, 266, 355, 362, 385, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412; staircase to water terrace, 410; water terrace, 215, 361, 413
• Areas of:
  • —arboretum for American shrubs and trees, 217
  • —Bogardus Hill, 196, 197
  • —Cave, 292, 428, 429
  • —Cricket Ground, 28, 203, 214, 279, 396
  • —Crypt, 292
  • —“dress ground” on east side, 214
  • —exterior park, 338
  • —flower garden, 217–18
  • —Gill (“Rocky Ravine”), 222, 433, 439; mouth of, 431
  • —island, 420
  • —McGowan’s Pass, 216
  • —Parade Ground, 28, 203, 214, 400
  • —playground, 396
  • —Promenade (Mall), 28, 214, 354, 372, 401, 402, 406, 407
  • —Ramble, 44, 215, 222, 355, 372, 408, 409, 417, 422, 430, 434, 435, 436, 437, 438, 439; treatment of, 28, 224, 251, 281, 292, 362
  • —Reservoirs, 158, 189, 200, 203, 205, 215, 228, 300, 319, 321, 354, 443; new Croton receiving reservoir, 449; treatment of, 196, 199–200, 205, 216, 307
  • —Spring-rock, 222, 225
  • —Summit Rock, 203
  • —upper park, 216–17, 335, 447
  • —Vista Rock, 195, 202, 203, 372
  • —zoological gardens, 218
• Circulation system of
  • —bridle path, 28, 199, 203–4, 216, 222, 227, 354
  • —drives, 28, 45, 215–16, 222, 354, 391, 415
  • —interior ways, separation of, 25, 202–4, 216, 218–19, 355
  • —separation of traffic in, 25, 202–4, 216
  • —sunken transverse roads, 180, 205, 334, 355, 387, 389, 390; construction of, 28, 216, 312–13
  • —walks, 202–3, 222, 354, 391 Competition for design of, 115, 116, 355, 362
  • —collaboration of Olmsted and Vaux for, 16, 114, 115
  • —judging of, 26–27
  • —terms of, 114, 178, 223, 228 Concessionaires in, 116, 239, 290
• [458]
• Construction of, 28–29, 152, 156, 187, 213–14, 227, 311–13, 334–38
  • —cost, 29, 31, 35, 36, 47, 204, 223–24, 300, 329, 334–36
  • —labor force, 96, 102, 103, 104, 114, 204, 222, 238, 256, 327, 335
  • —soil improvement, 100, 107, 108, 153, 204, 227
  • —“thorough drainage,” 94–100, 99, 105–6, 152–53, 187
• Crime in, 253, 280–82
• Descriptions of, 204–5, 354–55
• Entrances of, 44–45, 193, 227, 248–49, 250, 272
• Extension of, to 110th Street, 178, 289, 293, 294, 330
• Historical significance of, 3, 6, 201
• Landscape features of, 102, 103, 184
  • —open greensward areas, 213, 214, 216, 279, 355
  • —“picturesque” scenery, 19, 102, 184, 196, 355
  • —plant materials, 103, 106–11, 112, 113, 133, 214, 217, 235, 254–55, 283
  • —water features, 28, 214, 215, 216, 222, 256, 354–55, 372, 392, 394, 395, 414, 416, 419, 421, 423, 448
• Maintenance of, 282–83, 293, 294
• Pictorial record of, 371–73
• Relation of, to city, 120, 205, 243–44, 249, 250
• Site of
  • —original condition of, 13, 17, 88–90, 92, 94, 96, 102, 119, 130, 140–48, 153, 205–6, 211, 212, 213, 267, 355
  • —purchase of, 84, 85
  • —selection of, 13–14, 84, 91, 354 Central Park, Commissioners of (“Wood Board”) (1856–57), 84, 92, 93, 241
• Century (magazine), 180
• Chambers, Dixon, 80, 84
• Charleston, S.G., mayor of, on secession, 288 Chester and Holyhead Railway (Great Britain), 321
• Chesterman, James, 262, 268
• Children’s Aid Society (N. Y.G.), 9, 67, 83
• China, gardens of, 349, 358, 366
• Church, Frederick, 67
• Church of All Souls (N Y G.), 270
• Cimon, 357
• Clark, Edward, 69
• Clifton Heights (Staten Island), 262
• College of Physicians and Surgeons (N.Y.C.), 276
• Collins, Edward Knight (1802–1872), 31, 256, 257
• Columbia College (N.Y.C.), 120, 179
• Conckling, Frederick A., 247–48
• Confederate States of America, constitution of, 331, 332–33
• Congdon, Charles Taber, 333
• Connecticut valley, scenery of, 40
• Connolly, Charles M., 267 Conrad, George, 261, 268
• Cooley, James E. (1802–1882), 76, 87, 93, 104
• Cork, Ireland, 235
• Cottingham, Lewis N., 64
• Cotton monopoly, 330, 331
• Cotton textile manufacturers (England), 1
• Crammond, William, 362
• Crane, B. F., 305
• Craven, Alfred W., 312, 321
• Crimean War, 37
• Croes, J. I. R. (1834–1906), 253
• Croton Aqueduct, 120, 179; Board of Commissioners of, 91, 199, 203, 210, 256, 257, 313
• Cuba: MPO visits, 44
• Culyer, John Y., 12
• Curtis, George W. (1824–1892), 103, 333; relations of, with FLO, 3, 198, 269; writings of, 79, 82, 271
• Dallas, A. J., 342, 343
• Dana, Charles A. (1819–1897), 3, 201, 202, 360
• Daniels, Howard, 27, 356, 363
• Darley, Felix O. C. (1822–1888), 316, 322
• Davis, Alexander Jackson, 179
• Davis, Henry Winter, 333
• DeBow, J. D. B., 333
• Dillon, Robert J. (c. 1811–1872), 103; and proposed alterations to Greens-ward plan, 24, 189, 193–97, 200, 201; relations of, with FLO, 28, 248, 294, 315–16, 322
• [459]
• Diodorus of Sicily, 357, 363–64
• Diorite, 156
• Dix, Edwards & Company (publishers), 1, 3, 60, 82, 83, 105, 360, 372; failure of, 78, 103, 105, 115; publications of, 82
• Dix, Joshua A. (1831–1894), 78, 80, 83
• Dodge, Daniel, 84, 91
• Douai, Adolf (1819–1888), 5
• Downing, Andrew Jackson (1815–1852), 65, 83, 84, 90–91, 112, 231, 251–52, 269, 271, 359, 367; influence of, on FLO, 4, 41, 252, 361 ; influence of, on CV, 12–13, 64, 252; writings of, 4, 90, 91, 251–52, 271, 361–62
• Dwight, Timothy, 5
• Dyckman, Isaac, 267
• Edinburgh, Scotland, city planning in, 265
• Edwards, Arthur T. (1828–1857), 78; relations of, with FLO, 80, 82, 116
• Ehninger, John W. (1827–1889), 316, 322
• Eidlitz, Leopold (1823–1908), 269, 271, 310; works of, 271
• Elliott, Charles Wyllys (1817–1883), 24, 27–28, 83, 103, 112, 267; relations of, with FLO, 1, 2, 14, 80, 81, 82, 83, 85–87, 93, 104
• Elliott, Henry Hill (1805–1868), 31, 257, 259, 267
• Emerson, J. M. & Company (publishers), 82
• Emerson, William (1801–1868), 103, 105, 116
• Erie Canal, 321
• Esopus Creek (N.Y. ), 187
• European revolutionaries of ’48, 93 Everett, Edward, 272–73
• Fenton, Roger, 242; photographs by, 182, 242
• Ferdinand II (king of the two Sicilies) (1810–1859), 7
• Field, Alfred T. (1814–1884), 80, 83
• Field, David Dudley (1805–1894), 83
• Fields, James T. (1817–1881), 269, 270
• Fields, Thomas Craig (1825–1885), 93, 103, 289; relations of, with FLO, 27, 43, 83, 88, 315–16, 322, 324–25, 327
• Fischer, W. L. (gardener), 12 Flagg, Azariah c., 57
• Fontainbleu (France), 349, 351
• Foote, Frances Elizabeth (1837–1875), 83
• Fremont, John C., 257
• Funck, Dr. (zoologist), 235
• Gall, James (engineer), 12
• Gardener’s Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette, 202
• Gardens, botanical, horticultural and zoological
  • —Birmingham Botanical and Horticultural Society, gardens of: FLO visits, 234, 240–41
  • —Brussels Horticultural and Zoological Garden: FLO visits, 235
  • —Derby Arboretum, 348; FLO visits, 234, 240
  • —Kew Gardens, 133, 347; FLO visits, 77, 232, 233
  • —Manchester botanic garden: FLO visits, 235, 242, 361
  • —Royal Botanical Society, gardens of (Regent’s Park): FLO visits, 235, 241
  • —Royal Horticultural Society, grounds of (Turnham Green), 347; FLO visits, 360
  • —Royal Zoological Society, grounds of (Regent’s Park), 121, 180; FLO visits, 242; tunnel in, 180–81, 182
  • —St. Louis (Mo.) botanic garden, 356, 363; FLO visits, 363
  • —Zoological Society of Ireland (Phoenix Park, Dublin): FLO visits, 235, 242
• Garibaldi, Giuseppe (1807–1887), 275, 276
• Geddes, George, 278
• George II (king of England) (1683–1760), 346
• Georgia, scenery in, 18
• Germans, in West Texas, 5
• Gignoux, Regis François (1816–1882), 316, 323
• [460]
• Gilpin, William (1724–1804), 4, 40, 41, 232, 233, 359, 366
• Godkin, Edwin Lawrence (1831–1902), 80, 83, 104
• Godwin, Fanny Bryant (Mrs. Parke) (1822–1892), 201, 202
• Godwin, Parke (1816–1904), 3, 6, 201, 326
• Goodloe, Daniel Reaves (1814–1902), 328, 329, 332
• Goodrich, Frank Boott [pseudo Dick Tinto] (1826–1894), no 269, 270; writings of, 270
• Grant, William H. (1815–1896), 12, 27, 253, 305, 320; relations of, with FLO, 301, 310
• Gray, Asa (1810–1888), 78, 102
• Gray, Jane Loring (Mrs. Asa) (1821–1909), 77, 78, 102
• Gray, John A. C. (b. 1815), 31, 65, 88, 93, 103, 227, 248, 250, 317–18, 323, 324, 326
• Great Britain, 6, 7, 97
• Greeley, Horace, 12, 18
• Green, Andrew H. (1820–1903), 37, 47, 56, 87, 93, 103, 201, 272, 295, 302, 307–9, 325, 326; biography of, 55–58; as comptroller of Central Park, 30, 31, 34–35, 36, 38, 45–46, 66, 243, 278, 279, 284–85, 293–94, 295, 299–300, 305, 307–8, 317–19, 323–24; relations of, with FLO, 24, 25, 26, 29, 39, 55–58, 80, 230, 256, 257, 314, 325
• Greensward plan for Central Park, 16–24, 117–77
• Activities provided for:
  • —gregarious and neighborly, 22
  • —night use, 121, 123
  • —sports, 127, 130
• Alterations of:
  • —proposed, 24–25, 178, 193–97, 198
  • —undertaken, 23, 24–26, 187, 218, 221–28
• Architectural structures in, 20, 26, 117, 126, 131, 160
  • —arbors, 131, 161
  • —arcade on Fifth Ave., 20, 132
  • —arsenal (museum), 20, 127–28, 161
  • —astronomical observatory, 218
  • —botanical library and museum (old chapel), 133, 161
  • —bridges and arches, 23–24, 63–64, 159–60, 161, 187, 223
  • —Casino (refreshment house), 20, 129, 161, 218
  • —conservatory, 20, 128, 217
  • —concourse for carriages, 21
  • —fountains, 20, 129, 142, 161, 218
  • —gardener’s house, 130, 161
  • —gates and gate lodges, 161, 183
  • —greenhouse, 161 —Martello tower, on Vista Rock, 21, 129, 143, 161, 183, 215
  • —military entrance to Parade Ground, 126–27, 161
  • —“monumental tower” on Bogardus Hill, 21, 148
  • —music-hall, 20, 128, 142, 217
  • —offices for BCCP, 131
  • —palm-house, 20, 128
  • —police station, 131, 218
  • —residences for superintendent and head gardener, 131, 161, 218
  • —rustic shelter near Cricket Ground, 20, 127, 141
  • —stables, 131
  • —summerhouse northwest of Terrace, 20, 129, 142
  • —Terrace, 21, 63, 129, 142, 161, 181 ; water terrace, 21
• Areas of
  • —arboretum of American trees and shrubs, 20, 133, 151, 162–74, 176–77
  • —Bogardus Hill, 21, 132, 148
  • —boundary areas, 16, 119, 121, 123, 124, 159, 184, 355
  • —Cricket Ground, 127, 183–84, 141
  • —“dress ground” on east side, 20, 107–8
  • —entrances, 124–25, 127, 161, 178, 181, 193
  • —exterior promenade, 123, 124
  • —flower garden, 20, 128–30, 150, 161, 226–27, 228
  • —Lake, 143, 144, 145; skating pond, 129, 130, 151
  • —lower park, 119–20; intended effect of, 124–25, 183–84, 185
  • —McGowan’s Pass, 187
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  • —Parade Ground, 17, 22, 126–27, 183
  • —playgrounds, 127, 130–31, 146 (see also Cricket Ground)
  • —Pond (lower lake), 17, 127, 140, 184
  • —Promenade (Mall), 21, 22, 125–26, 142, 181, 183
  • —Ramble, 21, 22, 119, 143, 144, 181, 195; landscape treatment of, 18, 129, 130, 185, 186, 187
  • —reserved garden, 130, 161
  • —reservoirs, 129–30, 131–32, 151, 179, 185
  • —upper park, 119, 146, 147
  • —Vista Rock, 21, 125, 143, 183
  • —winter drive, 131, 185
• Circulation system of, 21–23
  • —drives, 129–30, 151, 14–57, 181, 185
  • —interior ways, separation of, 23, 24, 223, 227
  • —transverse roads, sunken, 16, 121–22, 123, 131, 157–58, 159, 191, 194; origin of concept, 180–81
  • —transverse roads, surface, 122–23
  • walks, 21, 22, 125, 151, 154–57
• Construction process of (anticipated), 17, 115, 152–61
• Landscape features of:
  • —formal and geometric spaces, 21–22, 119, 125–26, 181–83 (see also flower garden)
  • —open greensward areas, 17, 126, 127, 130, 131, 141, 146, 154, 178, 179, 183, 184
  • —“picturesque” scenery, 18–19, 130; with effect of tropical luxuriance, 18, 117, 144, 145, 151, 185, 186, 187
  • —plant materials, 18, 130, 131, 133, 151, 153–54, 162–75, 178–79, 185, 187
  • —vistas and open views, 21, 130, 183
  • —water features, 132, 148, 149, 151, 185 (see also Greensward plan, Areas of, Lake and Pond)
• Newspaper comments on, 24, 119, 190, 191, 198–99, 200, 201–2, 267
• Preparation of, 16, 65, 178
• Studies accompanying:
  • —no. 1, 127, 140
  • —no. 2, 127, 141
  • —no. 3, 129, 142
  • —no. 4, 143
  • —no. 5, 18, 144, 151, 185
  • —no. 6, 18, 145
  • —no. 7, 132, 146
  • —no. 8, 147
  • —no. 9, 21, 132, 148
  • —no. 10, 132, 149
  • —no. 11, 129, 150, 228
• Grinnell, Moses Hicks (1803–1877), 324, 325, 326, 327
• Guild, W. H.: The Central Park, 372
• Gundin, Robert N., 288
• Gustin, Samuel 1., 26, 27, 108, 110, 112
• Hadley, Andrew, 247, 248
• Hamilton, James Alexander (1788–1878), 93
• Harlem flats (N.Y.C.), 162
• Harper & Brothers (publishers), 104, 106
• Harrington, Lucy, 364
• Hart, David H., 81, 83
• Hartford, Conn.: FLO visits, 287; public library of, 4, 40, 287
• Haussmann, Georges Eugene, Baron (1809–1891), 241, 320, 361
• Havemeyer, William F., 57
• Haven, John A., 267
• Hawkes, Francis T., 342, 343
• “Hawkin” (Central Park foreman), leads FLO through Central Park, 88–90
• Henry VII (king of England) (1457–1509), 346
• Hill, Adams Sherman, 333 Hitchcock, Sophia Stevens (Mrs. William Page) (1826–1892), 82, 323
• Hogg, James, 103, 112, 227, 248, 256
• Holyhead Road (Great Britain), 155 Hooker, Sir William (1785–1865), 232–33, 310–11, 320; relations of, with FLO, 232, 233, 235
• Horticulturist and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste, 65, 90, 252, 271; FLO’s writings for, 112–13 Howard, George A., 82
• [462]
• Hungary, Charles Loring Brace imprisoned in, 7
• Hunt, Richard Morris (1827–1895), 270, 310, 320; designs gateways for Central Park, 38, 184, 191, 271, 272; relations of, with FLO, 269–70, 271
• Hurlbert, William Henry (1827–1895), 191, 333
• Hutchins, Waldo (1822–1891), 27, 79, 81, 103, 112, 326; introduces bill to replace BCCP, 327, 328; relations of, with FLO, 324
• India, production of cotton in, 331
• Indian Territory, free-soil movement in, 6
• Institute for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb (N.Y.C.), 259, 267–68
• International Exposition of 1851 (London), 320
• Irving, Washington (1783–1859), 93; relations of, with FLO, 87, 88, 93
• Isle of Wight, England, scenery of, 22
• Java, scenery of, 18
• Jeffrey, Francis, 333
• Jersey City, N.J., 262
• Jewett & Company (publishers), 104, 106
• Johnson, Cuthbert W. (1799–1878), writings of, 97, 101
• Jones Wood (N.Y.C.), 13–14, 91, 268
• Kansas Territory, violence in, 7
• Kapp, Friedrich (1824–1884): relations of, with FLO, 79, 81, 276; A History of Slavery in the United States of America, 275, 276 Kellersberger, Julius, 275, 276, 287–88, 322
• Kellogg, M. A. (Central Park engineer), 293, 294
• Kelly, “Honest John,” 39, 57
• Kelso, Scotland, sanitary condition of, 96
• Kemp, Edward (1817–1891), 240, 309–11, 320, 346–47, 359, 360–61, 367
• Kent, William (1684–1748), 359, 366
• Kingsbury, Frederick J. (1823–1910), 60, 287, 288
• Kingsland, Ambrose C. (1804–1878), 84, 91, 92
• Kingston Creek (N. Y.), 156, 187 Knapp, Iverson W., 289, 290
• Knight, Richard Payne (1750–1824), 359, 366
• Know-Nothing party, 26–27, 79
• “Landscape architect,” 28, 267 Langenheim, F. and W. (publishers), 371
• Lawrence, Kansas Territory, “sack” of, 7
• Le Notre, Andre, 241, 342
• Leopold II (king of the Belgians) (1835–1909), 361
• Lincoln, Abraham (1809–1865), 37, 275, 288, 343
• Linden, Jean Jules (1817–1898), 235, 241
• Lindley, John, 200–20 I, 202, 320
• Liverpool, England, city planning in, 265
• Llewellyn Park (N. J.), design of, 27, 363
• Lloyd, Thomas, 234, 240
• London, high-level sewer constructed in, 312, 321
• Loudon, John Claudius (1785–1843), 240, 241; writings of, 359, 366
• Louisiana, secessionist movement in, 288
• Louis Napoleon. See Napoleon III
• Lowell, James Russell (1819–1891), 202, 333
• McAlpine, Charles LeGrand (1828–1884), 312, 321
• McAlpine, William Jarvis (1812–1890), 312, 321
• McComb, John, Jr., 179
• Mcintosh, Lachlan H., 27
• Malaysia, scenery of, 18
• Mangin, Joseph, 179
• Mariposa Estate (Calif.), 39, 45
• Marnock, Robert, 241
• Marshall, William (1745–1818), 4, 41
• Martin, Howard, relations of, with FLO, 39 Martin, Isaac P., 267
• Martin, William, 39
• Mason, Lowell, 78
• [463]
• Mason, William (1724–1797), 359, 366
• Mason Brothers (publishers), 78; publish works of FLO, 116, 328, 329
• Mayne, Sir Richard (1796–1868), 236, 242
• Mazzini societies (Italy), 275
• Memphis, Tenn., 12
• Menai Straits (Wales), 321
• Merchant Taylors’ School (London), 64
• Metropolitan Board of Works (London), 313, 321
• Metropolitan Police (London), 236
• Metropolitan police force (N. Y. C.), 280–82
• Miller, Edward C., relations of, with FLO, 12, 27, 45
• Miller, J. W., 78, 103
• Miller, Michael, 27, 293, 294
• Miller & Company (publishers), 78, 105, 271
• Miller & Curtis (publishers), failure of, 77, 78, 82, 103, 104, 105
• Morning Courier & New York Enquirer, 191, 197, 198
• Morrill Tariff, FLO’s opposition to, BI, 332-B
• Morris, Robert, 362
• Morris Cove, Conn.: FLO visits, 14, 83, 93
• Mould, Jacob Wrey, 34, 319
• Mowbray, William, 242
• Naples, Italy: FLO visits, 7
• Napoleon III (emperor of France) (1808–1873), 7, 349
• Nash, John, 180
• Nashville, Tenn.: FLO visits, 9
• Nation (periodical), 83
• National Academy of Design, 270
• National Era (periodical), 329
• Nebuchadnezzar, 357
• New American Cyclopaedia; A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge, 360
• New Brighton Heights (Staten Island), 262
• New England Emigrant Aid Company, 1, 5
• Newport, R.I., 321, 324
• New York City
• Buildings in:
  • —churches: Middle Dutch Church, 179; St. Patrick’s Cathedral, cemetery of, 363; Trinity Church, grounds of, 120, 179–80
  • —forts: Fort George, 183; Fort Washington, 267
  • —governmental and mercantile: City Hall, 120, 179; Custom House, 120, 179; Merchants Exchange, 262, 268; Post Office, 120, 179
  • —hotels: Burnham’s Hotel, 262, 268; Elm Park Hotel, 262, 268; Gramercy Park House, 191
  • —opera houses, 262, 268
  • —private estates and mansions: Claremont (estate), 262, 268; Clendenning Mansion, 262, 268
• Charter of 1873, 39
• Commissioners’ Plan of 1811, 257
• Common Council, 179
  • —actions of, relating to Central Park, 15, 29, 84, 86, 89, 91, 92, 102, 247, 248, 254, 286
• Department of Public Parks, 253, 271
• Movement to create a public park in, 76, 84–85, 90–91
• Population growth of, 6, 120–21, 179
• Public-works planning in, 120–21
• Railroads in:
  • —Eighth Avenue Railroad, 123
  • —Harlem Railroad, 156
• Roads and streets in:
  • —extension of: Bloomingdale Road, 262; Eleventh Avenue, 265; Tenth Avenue, 265
  • —Central Park: Boston Post Road (Kingsbridge Road), 178
  • —Manhattan streets above 155th Street, 31, 97–102, 103, 259, 267
  • —treatment of, 181; Bloomingdale Road, 262, 268; Boston Post Road, 262, 268; Broadway, 268; Fifth Avenue, 123; Fifty-ninth Street, 123–24; Hellgate Road, 262, 268; Kingsbridge Road, 267; 106th Street, 123–24
• Squares and small parks in:
  • —City-Hall Park, 121, 150, 179
  • —Columbus Circle, 250
  • —Hamilton Square, 183, 187
  • —SI. John’s Park, 187
  • —Union Square, 120, 150, 151, 179
• New York Daily News, 256
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• New-York Daily Times, 70, 270, 276, 329; on Central Park, 201–2; FLO’s writings for, 3, 8; A Journey in the Backcountry praised in, 256, 257
• New York Daily Tribune, 288; on Central Park, 24, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202; FLO’s writings for, 1
• New York Evening Post, 201, 326; on Central Park, 190, 191, 272; A Journey in the Backcountry praised in, 256, 257
• New York Herald, 259, 263, 267, 268; on Central Park, 24, 70, 198–99, 267, 293, 294
• New York Leader, 293–94
• New York Press Club, 93
• New York State legislature: amends New York City charter, 14, 92; approves Jones Wood as park site, 84, 91; authorizes Central Park site, 76, 91, 320; authorizes extension of Central Park, 178, 289, 330; authorizes funds for Central Park construction, 47, 247, 328, 329; creates BCCP, 84–85, 92, 228; creates commission for Manhattan above 155th Street, 31, 257, 267; defines use of Hamilton Square, 183; lobbied by opponents of BCCP, 246, 247, 328; Special Committee Appointed to Examine into Condition, Affairs, and Progress of the New York Central Park, 248, 256, 275, 276, 287, 314, 322, 360, 362
• New York World: on Central Park and FLO, 328, 329–30
• Nice, France: JHO visits, 81
• Nightingale, Florence (1820–1910), 37
• Niles, William Woodruff (I832–1914), 342, 343
• Nott, Joel Benedict (1797–1878), 80, 83
• Office of Works of Her Majesty’s Palaces and Parks (Great Britain): FLO visits, 234, 241
• Olmsted, Bertha (half-sister) (1835–1926), 113, 114, 342; relations of, with FLO, 323
• Olmsted, Charlotte (stepdaughter) (1855–1908), 60, 63, 230, 247, 248, 256; relations of, with FLO, 231
• Olmsted, Frederick Law (1822- 1903)
• Biographical information:
  • —as artist, 295, 304–5, 324; CV on, 66 —domestic and family life, 29, 61–62, 230, 231
  • —education and early experiences, 2, 3–4, 10–11, 40–41, 75, 277, 306, 345, 366–67
  • —farming experience, 2, 76, 77, 97, 101, 109–10, 112–13
  • —finances, 77, 79–80, 103, 104, 105, 115, 116
  • —free-soil colonization activities, I, 5–6, 93, 372
  • —health, 29, 34, 104, 105, 113, 200, 230, 257; recovery from carriage accident in 1860, 34, 57, 273, 274, 275, 283, 287, 288, 303, 32 I, 328, 329
  • —as “unpractical man,” 87–90
• Central Park administrative role:
  • —as Architect-in-Chief: appointment, 27, 114–15, 191, 192; resignation, 35, 295, 297–98, 298–321, 324, 343; responsibilities, 189, 192, 236–39, 314–17, 322; salary, 27; title, II, 28
  • —education of public concerning park, 42–43, 269–70, 272–73, 286
  • —expenditures, control over, 57, 305–7, 308–9, 313, 326, 337
  • —labor force: hiring and firing of, 15, 27, 90, 93, 105, 236–39, 246, 286; later relations with, 11–12, 45; organization of, 2, 14, 15, 46, 88–90, 102, 105–13, 277–78, 286, 287, 296–97, 314, 321, 322, 327; time-keeping system applied to, 15, 40, 314–15, 321–22
  • —legislative investigations of, 29, 248, 314, 315, 322
  • —organization of park keepers, 28, 45, 189, 219–21, 243, 253, 276, 278, 279–82, 290, 293; gate keepers, 282–83, 290–92
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  • —preparations for visit by Prince Albert, 274
  • —relations with BCCP, 27, 102, 104, 112, 113, 121, 247, 192, 225–26, 228–29, 327, 329, 335–36, 337; concerning hiring practices, 29–30, 35, 189, 192, 229, 236–39, 244–46, 295, 297, 326, 327, 329, 335–37
  • —as Superintendent: application for position, 76, 77, 79, 82, 83, 85–88, 93, 113; appointment, 1, 2, 80, 88, 93, 102; qualifications for position, 2–3, 76–77, 311; salary, 15, 79, 81, 104, 113, 114, 116
  • —supervision of construction, 102, 107–11, 199–200, 224–27, 254–55, 283, 284–85, 299–316
  • —work on park during and after Civil War, 37–39, 48
• Journalistic comments on, 198–99, 328–30
• Landscape designs:
  • —Ames family estate, North Easton, Mass., 32
  • —Biltmore estate, Asheville, N.C., 12, 271
  • —College of California campus, Berkeley, Calif., 45
  • —Franklin Park, Boston, Mass., 12
  • —Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif., 45
  • —Mount Royal, Montreal, 12
  • —New York City, twenty-third and twenty-fourth wards, 12, 253
  • —New York State capitol, Albany, 271
  • —Stanford University campus, Palo Alto, Calif., 12, 106
  • —suburban country place (?Staten Island, N.Y.), 193
  • —U.S. Capitol grounds, Washington, D.C., 12, 69, 361–62
  • —Vanderbilt Mausoleum, New Dorp, N.Y., 271
  • —World’s Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Ill., 271
• Landscape design theory:
  • —aspects evident in writings from period 1857–61, 16, 19–22, 32–34, 112, 113, 178, 181, 191, 195–96, 218, 364
  • —criticism of gardening fashions: “gardenesque” style, 68, 190, 232, 233; topiary work, 258, 365
  • —nature of creative process, 295, 303–4, 317, 324
  • —planning rural cemeteries, 356–57, 363
  • —principles applicable to semiarid climates, 345, 364–65
  • —residential design: institutions, 32; neighborhoods, 31–32, 244, 256, 259–66; villas, 264
  • —styles of landscape design: pastoral, 17, 18, 112, 119, 178; “picturesque,” 18–19, 44, 112, 130, 213
  • —“unconscious influence” of scenery, 22–23, 178
• Literary and publishing career, I, 3, 77, 78, 79, 82, 93, 103, 105, 114, 115–16, 330
• Post-1861 career, 12–13, 37–39, 58–59, 66–68, 69–70, 371. See also Olmsted, Vaux & Company
• Social theories and values:
  • —concern with slavery and society of the South, 5, 36–37, 295, 330–32
  • —program for improving society of the North, 5, 6, 8–10, 251–52, 272–74; challenge of “fallacy of cowardly conservatism” to, 6, 270, 272–74
  • —relation of work on Central Park to, 5, 201, 251–52
  • —on relations of social classes: “stations in life,” 277
  • —support of European republicanism, 6–8
• Travels:
  • —in American South, 3, 5
  • —in British Isles and Europe, 4, 7, 18, 29–30, 76, 77, 97, 101, 190, 231, 232, 234, 239, 249, 278, 316, 345, 360–61
  • —in California, 185 -to China, 2–3, 18, 185, 278
  • —in Panama, 18–19, 185–86
• Writings:
  • —Cotton Kingdom, 295–96, 329, 330, 332
  • —“Importation and Exportation of Fruit” (Horticulturist, February 1851), 112–13
• [466]
• Writings (cont’d)
  • —Journey in the Back Country, 1, 10–11, 75, 86, 93, 115, 257; publication of, 116, 247, 248, 256, 329
  • —Journey in the Seaboard Slave States, 76, 79, 82, 114, 329
  • —Journey through Texas, 5, 76, 79, 82, 114, 332
  • —Our Slave States, 328, 329
  • —“Park” (New American Cyclopaedia, 1861), 345–60
  • —“Passages in the Life of an Un-practical Man,” 90
  • —“People’s Park at Birkenhead, near Liverpool” (Horticulturist, May 1851), 360–61
  • —“Southerners at Home” series (N. Y. Daily Tribune), 1
  • —Walks and Talks of an American Farmer in England, 4, 76, 10 I, 192
• Olmsted, Frederick Law, Jr. (son) (1870–1957), 63, 90
• Olmsted, John (father) (1791–1873), 61, 81, 106, 114; relations of, with FLO, 3–4, 40, 114, 326
• Olmsted, John Charles (stepson) (1852- 1920), 60, 63, 230, 247, 248, 257, 274; relations of, with FLO, 231
• Olmsted, John Hull (brother) (1825–1857), 44, 60–61, 276; relations of, with FLO, 10, II, 101, 115
• Olmsted, John Theodore (son) (June 14-Aug. 14, 1860), 34, 256, 257, 275
• Olmsted, Marion (daughter) (1861–1948), 63
• Olmsted, Mary (half-sister) (1832–1875), 268
• Olmsted, Mary Bull (stepmother) (1801–1894), 61, 113, 114
• Olmsted, Mary Perkins (Mrs. John Hull, Mrs. Frederick Law) (sister-in-law, wife) (1830–1921), 44, 61, 62, 114, 287; biography of, 59–63; health of, 34, 116, 230, 247, 256, 274, 275, 329; relations of, with AHG, 56; relations of, with FLO, 11, 29, 59–63, 115
• Olmsted, Owen Frederick (stepson) (1857–1881 ), 60, 63, 247, 248, 257
• Olmsted, Owen Pitkin (uncle) (1794–1873), 106, 114, 115; relations of, with FLO, 104
• Olmsted, Vaux & Company (landscape architects), 16–24, 38, 66, 67, 256. Works: Andrew Jackson Downing Memorial Park (Newburgh, N.Y.), 252; Bloomingdale Asylum (NYC.), 32; complete listing for period 1865–72, 67; Edward K. Collins estate (New Rochelle, N.Y.), 31, 256; extension of Central Park, 38; Hartford (Conn.) Retreat for the Insane, 32, 46; Hillsdale Cemetery (Middletown, N.Y.), 46; Manhattan streets above 155th Street, 31, 256, 257, 258, 267; Prospect Park (Brooklyn), 12, 23, 45, 70, 218, 363; Riverside, III., 12, 106; Riverside Park (N.Y.C.), 45; state reservation (Niagara Falls, N.Y.), 58
• Page, William, 316, 323
• Panama, scenery of, 18–19
• Panic of 1857, 15, 105, 106
• Pannini, Giuseppe, 184
• Parker, Willard (1800–1884), 275, 276
• Parkes, Josiah (1793–1871), 2, 97, 101
• Parks and public spaces, in British Isles, 234–42, 346–48
  • —Birkenhead, Birkenhead Park, 320, 347–48, 366–67; BCCP’s interest in, 320; FLO visits, 4, 234, 240, 360–61
  • —Birmingham, Aston Park, 240, 348; FLO visits, 234, 240, 361
  • —Bradford, 348
  • —Chester, 348; FLO visits, 361
  • —Dublin, Phoenix Park, 347; FLO visits, 97, 101, 235, 242, 360
  • —Halifax, 348
  • —Hereford, 348; FLO visits, 361
  • —Lincoln, 348
  • —London, 347; Battersea Park, 347; Bushy Park, 77; FLO visits, 4, 77, 234, 236, 241, 360; Green Park, 347; Greenwich Park, 347; Hyde Park, 347; Kennington Park, 347; [467] Kensington Gardens, 347, 358, 359, 365–66; Regent’s Park, 121, 180, 181, 347; Rotten Row, 347; royal parks, 77, 234, 347; St. James’s Park, 241, 313, 321, 346–47, 360; Victoria Park, 347
  • —Manchester, Peel Park, 242, 348; FLO vi’sits, 235, 361
  • —Salisbury, cathedral grounds, 348; FLO visits, 361
  • —Sydenham, Crystal Palace, 241, 320; FLO visits, 235, 241, 360; grounds of, 241, 347, 366–67
  • —Winchester, cathedral green, 348; FLO visits, 361
• Parks and public spaces, in Europe, 121–22, 217, 339, 346–54
  • —Antwerp, 352
  • —Baden-Baden (Baden), 352
  • —Berlin, 352
  • —Brunswick, 352
  • —Brussels, 348; boulevards of, 345, 348; FLO visits, 235, 361
  • —Cassel (Hesse-Cassel), 352
  • —Charlottenburg, Prussian royal garden at, 352
  • —Copenhagen, 353
  • —Darmstadt (Hesse-Darmstadt), 352
  • —Dresden, 352; FLO visits, 361
  • —Florence, 353; FLO visits, 361
  • —Frankfort, 348; FLO visits, 361
  • —Gotha (Thuringia), 352
  • —Hague, The, 352
  • —Hamburg, 352; FLO visits, 361
  • —Hanover, 352
  • —Heiligensee, Prussian royal garden at, 352
  • —Leipzig, 348; FLO visits, 361
  • —Lille: FLO visits, 235, 241
  • —Munich: FLO on “English Garden” in, 352; FLO visits, 231
  • —Naples, 354; FLO visits, 361
  • —Paris, 348–52; Avenue de l’Imperatrice, 345, 348–49, 350; Bois de Boulogne, 154, 241, 320, 326, 345, 349–51, 351, 352; Bois de Vincennes, 235; Champs Élysées, 352; FLO visits, 234–35, 326, 361; Jardin des Tuileries, 121, 339–40, 342, 352; Luxembourg gardens, 352
  • —Prague, 352
  • —Rome, 357–58; FLO visits, 185, 323, 361
  • —St. Cloud: FLO visits, 235
  • —St. Petersburg, 352–53, 361
  • —Sans Souci, Prussian royal garden at, 352
  • —Schwetzingen (North Baden), 352
  • —Stockholm, 353
  • —Stuttgart, 352
  • —Teplice (near Dresden), 352
  • —Toplitz (see Teplice)
  • —Versailles: FLO visits, 235
  • —Vienna, 348; FLO visits, 361 ; Prater, 154, 187, 352
  • —Warsaw, 352
  • —Weisbaden, 352
  • —“Weispar” (see Wiesbaden)
  • —Worlitz (Anhalt), 352
• Parks and public places, in United States, 346, 354–57
  • —Baltimore, 355–56, 363
  • —Boston, 356 -Brooklyn, 355–56, 363
  • —Cambridge, Mass., 356
  • —Detroit, 355–56; FLO consulted concerning, 356
  • —Hartford, Conn., 355–56, 362–63
  • —New Haven, 356 -Philadelphia, 156, 355–56, 362
  • —Savannah, 356
  • —Washington, D.C., 354, 361 See also New York City, Squares and small parks in
• Parmly, Eleazer, 310, 320
• Parsons, Samuel B. (1819–1906), 235, 236, 242
• Paxton, Joseph (1801–1865), 12, 234, 240, 309–11, 320, 359. Works: Birkenhead Park, 240, 346–47, 360–61, 366–67; Crystal Palace, 235, 241, 360, 366–67
• Peat, Henry, 104, 106
• Perkins, Cyrus, 59
• Perkins, Emily (Mrs. Edward Everett Hale) (1829–1914), relations of, with FLO, 10, 61, 372 Perkins, Frederic Beecher (1828–1899), relations of, with FLO, 372; The Central Park, 372
• Perkins, Mary Cleveland Bryant. See Olmsted, Mary Perkins
• Persia, ancient gardens of, 357
• [468]
• Persia (steamship), 230
• Phalen, James, 241; relations of, with FLO, 234, 235
• Philadelphia, Pa., planning of, 262
• Phillips, Sampson & Company (publishers), 82; FLO’s publishing arrangements with, 114
• Pieper, J. H., 302; relations of, with FLO, 12, 27, 45
• Pierce, Franklin, administration of, 7
• Pilat, Ignaz (1820–1870), 185, 287; relations of, with FLO, II, 12, 19, 42, 66, 185–86
• Platt, Richard H. (“Clapp”), 289–90 Pliny the Younger, Tuscan villa of, 358, 364
• Pollock, George, 268 Pope, Alexander (1688–1744), 358–59, 366
• Prevost, Victor: Central Park in 1862, 372
• Price, Uvedale (1747–1829): influence of, on FLO, 4, 40, 41; An Essay on the Picturesque, 359, 366
• Private estates and gardens, in British Isles, 232, 345, 346–47, 358–60
  • —Biddulph Grange, 233; FLO visits, 232, 235
  • —Bilton Hall, 366
  • —Charlecote Park, 233; FLO visits, 232
  • —Chatsworth, 12, 240, 242, 320, 366–67; FLO visits, 234
  • —Chirk Castle: FLO visits, 4
  • —Eaton Park, 192; FLO visits, 4
  • —Elvaston Castle, 233; FLO visits, 232, 235
  • —Leasowes, 366
  • —Moor Park, 358, 365
  • —Stoneleigh Abbey, grounds of, 233; FLO visits, 232, 235
  • —Stowe, 359
  • —Trentham Hall, 233; FLO visits, 232, 235
  • —Twickenham, 358–59, 366
• Private estates and gardens, in Europe, 360
  • —Rome, 357–58
• Private estates and gardens, in United States, 355, 356
  • —Druid Hill, 363
  • —Lemon Hill, 362
  • —Olana, 67
  • —Sedgely, 362 See also New York City, Buildings in, private estates and mansions
• Proslavery argument, 8
• Pugin, Augustus, 321
• Putnam, George P., and Company (publishers), 77, 78, 79
• Putnam’s Monthly Magazine, 82, 372: FLO’s work on, 3, 191, 201, 202, 271
• Quakers. See Society of Friends
• Radford, William H., 289, 290
• Rawolle, Charles, 287
• Renwick, Alexander, 277, 278; relations of, with FLO, 276–77, 279, 293
• Repton, Humphry (1752–1818): influence of, on FLO, 4, 41, 181, 359, 366; and Stoneleigh Abbey, 233
• Republican party, 93. See also “Black Republicans”
• Richardson, Henry Hobson (1838–1886), relations of, with FLO, 32, 47, 271
• Richmond County (N. Y.) Agricultural Society, 83, 101
• Ripley, George (1802–1880), 360
• Robinson, William: relations of, with FLO, 363; The Wild Garden, 44
• Rogers, Isaiah, designer of N. Y. Merchants Exchange, 268
• Rogers, Lloyd, estate of (Druid Hill), 363
• Rome, ancient, gardening in, 357–58
• Rosa, Rudolph, relations of, with FLO, 256, 257
• Rosa, Salvator, 59
• Rossiter, Thomas Pritchard (1818–1871), 270, 310, 320; relations of, with FLO, 269 Royal Agricultural Society (Great Britain), 97
• Royal Belgium Horticultural Journal, 235
• Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain), 12
• Rumford, Count. See Thompson, Benjamin Ruskin, John (1819–1900), 340; influence of, on FLO, 41; Modern [469] Painters, 4, 60; The Two Paths, 342
• Russell, Charles Handy (1796–1884): as BCCP commissioner, 24, 25, 79, 81, 103, 227, 271, 272, 324, 325, 326; relations of, with FLO, 81
• Sachem’s Head, Guilford, Conn., FLO’s farm on, 76
• St. George’s Crescent, Liverpool, 269
• St. Louis, Mo.: FLO visits, 363
• Salvi, Nicolo, 184
• Sampson Low, Son & Company (publishers), 328–29
• “Sam the Five Pointer,” 272–73
• San Antonio, Tex.: FLO visits, 5
• Saratoga Springs, N. Y., 29, 230
• Sargent, Charles Sprague (1841–1927), 113
• Sargent, Henry Winthrop (1810–1882), 252
• Sawbridgeworth (England), nursery at, 110, 113
• Schon brunn, Imperial Botanical Gardens at, 11
• Schoolfellow, an Original Monthly Magazine for Boys and Girls, 79, 82
• Seaman, John F., 267
• Secessionist movement, FLO’s response to, 287, 288, 342, 343
• Seward, William H., 290, 328, 333
• “Sharawadgi,” 366
• Shaw, Charles P., 91
• Shaw, Francis George (1809–1882), 79, 82, 103, 105, 115–116
• Shaw, Henry (1800–1889), 363
• Shenstone, William (1714–1763), 4, 41, 359, 366
• Sheppard, George G., 109, 112
• Sidney, James c., 356, 362
• Sidney, Sir Philip, 252
• Skell, Ludwig von, 231, 352
• Slaveholders, FLO’s views on, 8
• Slaves, escape of, to Union lines: FLO’s interest in superintending, 36
• Smith, Edwin, 80, 84
• Smithsonian Institution, grounds of, 252, 361–62
• Society of Friends, 363
• South: gentlemen in, 8; violence of, 7
• South Carolina: FLO visits, 18; legislature of, 288
• Spectator (periodical), 359, 365–66
• Stacy (publisher), 371
• Staten Island, 83, 101, 262; Agricultural Society of, 2; FLO’s farm on, 76, 105, 112, 114, 115, 247. See also Richmond County (N.Y. ) Agricultural Society; Staten Island Railroad
• Staten Island Railroad, 247, 248, 256–57
• Stebbins, Henry G. (1811–1881), 269–70, 271, 326, 327; relations of, with FLO, 246, 271, 325, 326
• Stephenson, Robert, 313, 321
• Stevens, Henry (1819–1886), 79, 82
• Stevens, Mary Newton Kuczynski (Mrs. Henry), 79, 82
• Stevens, Sophia. See Hitchcock, Sophia
• Stevens Stowe, Harriet Beecher (1811–1896): Uncle Tom’s Cabin ; Or, Life Among the Lowly, 104, 106
• Strabo, 357, 363–64
• Strong, William K. (1805- 1868), 103, 327
• Sumner, Charles, 7
• Sutherland, Duke of, 233
• Tammany Hall, 39, 92, 93; relations of, with FLO, 39, 83, 88, 318
• Taylor, Joseph S., as member of first Central Park commission, 14, 69, 84, 92, 241
• Telford, Thomas (1757–1834), 155, 187
• Temple, Sir William (1628- 1699), 358; Upon the Gardens of Epicurus, 365, 366
• Texas, West, free-soil movement in, I, 5, 6
• Thompson, Benjamin (Count Rumford), 231, 352
• “Thorough drainage, ” 101
• Ticknor & Fields (publishers), 270
• Tiemann, Daniel F. (1805–1899), 113, 114, 179, 190, 287
• Tilden, Samuel J., 55, 57, 59, 67
• Times (London), 275, 276
• Town, Ithiel, 179
• Trevi Fountain (Rome), 186; as model [470] for Central Park fountain, 129, 184–85
• Truefitt, George, 64
• Turkey, gardens in, 357 Tweed Ring, effect of, on Central Park, 39, 55, 58
• United States Magazine, 79
• U.S. Capitol, 271
• U.S. Census (1860), 328, 330, 332
• U.S. Sanitary Commission, 39; FLO as general secretary of, 37, 270
• Upjohn, Richard, 271
• Van Brunt, Henry (1832–1903), 269, 270
• Vandusen, Jagger & Baldwin (boot merchants), 293
• Van Nort, George E., 247–48
• Van Rensselaer, Mariana Griswold, 180
• Vaux, Calvert (1824–1895), 37, 64, 113, 311, 372; architectural works of, 64, 65, 67, 68, 321; biography of, 63–68; contribution of, to design and construction of Central Park, 13, 180–81, 371; quoted concerning Greensward plan, 181, 184, 185, 272; relations of, with FLO, 10, 11, 12–13, 16, 27, 31, 63–68, 114, 286, 362; role of, on Central Park, 27–28, 34, 37, 38, 47, 58, 65–66, 271, 279, 319; Villas and Cottages: A Series of Designs Prepared for Execution in the United States, 65
• Vaux, Calvert Bowyer, 64 Victoria (queen of England) (1819–1901), 6, 240.
• Viele, Egbert Ludovicus (1825–1902), 70, 106, 356; biography of, 69–71; as Chief Engineer of Central Park, 14, 81, 87, 92, 98, 112, 114–15, 212, 247, 363; relations of, with FLO, 15, 27, 75, 81, 87–88, 104, 199. Works: “Map of Lands Included in the Central Park,” 84, 92; “Plan for the Improvement of the Central Park,” 107–8, 112, 178
• Vienna, University of, 11
• Vincentian Sisters, 323
• Virginia, FLO on social conditions of, 5
• Wagstaff House, FLO’s office in, 116
• Walker, J. P., relations of, with FLO, 276, 278
• Walpole, Horace (1717–1797), 347, 358, 360, 365, 366; History of the Modern Taste in Gardening, 360, 365, 366
• Walpole, Robert (1676–1745), 360
• Walsh, William, 247–48
• Walter, Thomas U., 271
• Waring, George E., Jr. (1833–1898), 103, 106, 114, 253, 284–85; relations of, with FLO, 12, 27, 30, 42, 105–6, 114, 115, 116; The Sanitary Drainage of Houses and Towns, FLO on, 42
• Washington Heights (N.Y.C.), 267, 268
• Waterbury, Conn., 288
• Webster, Daniel, 59
• Weed, Thurlow (1797–1882), 289–90
• Weidenmann, Jacob (1829–1893), 362–63
• Welton, Joseph, relations of, with FLO, 278
• White, Richard Grant (1821–1885), defense of Greensward plan by, 24, 191, 198
• Will, T. S., 240
• Willet, John c., 267
• Wilson, Charles: quoted by FLO, 96
• Withers, Frederick Clarke (1828–1901), partnership of, with CV, 65, 67
• Wood, Fernando (1812–1881): as mayor of N.Y.C., 14, 84, 89, 92, 250, 286, 287; as member of first Central Park commission, 69, 84, 92, 93, 241; villa of, 262, 268
• Woodworth, D. Austin, 82 Wright, Silas, 57
• Yale College (University) (New Haven, Conn.), 9; FLO at, 2
• Youth’s Cabinet (journal), 82
• Zimmermann, Johann Georg von, 41; Solitude, 4