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 : Wiley and Putnam · leaf 153
s cha-racter, we will suppose to possess a richly wooded, hanging-bank on its river side. This will afford us a fine opportu- 122 COTTAGE RESIDENCES. nity to create a most agreeable series of walks i. Thesewalks may be conducted in easy directions, through the wood,and along the bank, occasionally… … [Fig. 52.] COTTAGE RESIDENCES. 123 surface in others. They will be full of variety—now leadingto a point where a lovely view suddenly bursts upon us, andagain plunging into a secluded portion, where the dense foli-age of evergreens shuts out all other objects, and gives aquiet and secluded…
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