"Planting Map for Cortile at Jeffersonville Depot, Ind. of the Quartermaster's Department, U.S.A."
By Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr., April 1874
Ink on tracing linen
39" x 38"
National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Office of the Chief of Engineers

Olmsted Planting Map
Maj. J.D. Bingham, Acting Quartermaster General, asked Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr., the famous designer of Central Park in New York City, to design a planting scheme for the cortile or courtyard at the Jeffersonville Quartermaster's depot in Indiana. Bingham requested a landscape plan that could be implemented over a period of years. His preference was for a mix of ornamental and useful plants, which would thrive in the protected courtyard. He instructed that the area must always be under the supervision of a watchman whose view of the storeroom doors should not be obstructed. Olmsted listed the plants he chose on the drawings.