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 gardens 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 (1844)
Downing, A. J. (Andrew Jackson), 1815-1852 · New York, London, Wiley and Putnam · leaf 100
ew celebrated examples are still in existence in England, and which consisted of a multitude of trees thickly planted in impervious hedges, covering some- times several acres of ground. These labyrinths were the source of much amusement to the family and guests, the trial of skill being to find the… … [Fig. 14. A Labyrinth.] Since the days when these gardens were in their glory the taste in Landscape Gardening has undergone a great change. The graceful, and the picturesque, are the new elements of beauty, which, entering into the composition of our gardens and home landscapes, have, to refined…
Landscape gardening
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