Inside Out Library · Explore

Cottage residences : or, A series of designs for rural cottages and cottage villas, and their gardens and grounds ; adapted to North America (1847)

Downing, A. J. (Andrew Jackson), 1815-1852 · New York ; London : Wiley and Putnam · leaf 134

An illustration from Cottage residences : or, A series of designs for rural cottages and cottage villas, and their gardens and grounds ; adapted to North America, 1847, leaf 134
indows ; and the two beds j fdledwith choice double-Dahlias. In the turf is planted a number ofthe finest species of ornamental trees and shrubs, some beingallowed to grow alone and assume all their beauty of develop-ment, and others planted in groups, or thickets, for effect orshelter. The novice… … [Fig. 47.J lot COTTAflE RF,?1DE\CE3. being planted in groups in this way, will require that the sur-face around each tree f«»r a small area of about two feet indiameter be kept loose by culture to promote their growth,until they attain considerable size. The entrance gate is shown at A-, and there…

Architecture, Domestic

Internet Archive · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.

More pictures from Cottage residences : or, A series of designs for rural cottages and cottage villas, and their gardens and grounds ; adapted to North America

More like this