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Published Biographical References

  • "Charles Downing Lay, September 3, 1877-February 15, 1956. A Biographical Minute." Landscape Architecture 46 (April 1956): 162-164.
     
  • Lay, Charles Downing. "American and European Parks : Notes on Their Planting and Use." Landscape Architecture 25 (July 1935): 196-198.
     
  • Lay. "An Architect Looks to New York City's Future." New Pencil Points 24 (November 1943): 80-82.
     
  • Lay. "Beauty in Gardens." Arts 3 (1923): 403-405.
     
  • Lay. A Garden Book for Autumn and Winter. New York: Duffield, 1924.
     
  • Lay. "Golf Club Subdivisions in West Orange, N.J." Landscape Architecture 19 (October 1928): 40-41.
     
  • Lay. "An Interview with Charles A. Platt." Landscape Architecture 2 (1911-12): 127-131.
     
  • Lay. "Modern Problems in Subdivision Work." Architectural Record 79 (April 1936): 272, 276.
     
  • Lay. "New Towns for High-speed Roads." Architectural Record 78 (November 1935): 352-354.
     
  • Lay. "Park Design and the Preservation of the Park Idea." Landscape Architecture 11 (January 1921): 76-83.
     
  • Lay. "Playground Design." Landscape Architecture 2 (1911-12): 63-75.
     
  • Lay. "Possibilities of the Small Formal Garden." Arts and Decoration 2 (May 1912): 249-251.
     
  • Pioneers of American Landscape Design, ed. by Charles A. Birnbaum and Robin Karson. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2000, p. 221-223.
     

 

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