A treatise on the theory and practice of landscape gardening, adapted to North America; with a view to the improvement of country residences. Comprising historical notices and general principles of the art, directions for laying out grounds and arranging plantations, the description and cultivation of hardy trees, decorative accompaniments to the house and grounds, the formation of pieces of artificial water, flower gardens, etc. with remarks on rural architecture ..
Andrew Jackson Downing's 1841 treatise on landscape gardening and rural architecture, issued in New York, London and Boston for American landowners laying out country estates. Wood engravings show villas, arched gateways, rustic lodges and park views in loose linear hatching, with trees and shrub masses rendered as clumped foliage textures useful as vignettes, spot scenes and plan diagrams.
