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- ↑ Birnbaum, Charles A.; Fix, Julie K. (1995). Pioneers of American Landscape Design II: An Annotated Bibliography. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Cultural Resources, Heritage Preservation Services, Historic Landscape Initiative. p. 181. ISBN 978-0-16-048060-7 . Retrieved 6 November 2024.
- ↑ Architectural Record, January 1913.
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