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 430
386 LANDSCAPE GARDENING. brackets, round-headed windows with balconies, character- istic porch, and other leading features of this style. … [Fig. 64. Gate Lodge in. the Italian style.] Mr. Repton has stated it as a principle in the composition of residences, that neither the house should be visible from the entrance, nor the entrance from the house, if there be sufficient distance between them to make the approach through varied…
Landscape gardening
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