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 .. (1841)
Downing, A. J. (Andrew Jackson), 1815-1852 · New York & London, Wiley and Putnam; Boston, C. C. Little & co. · leaf 100
willow, poplar, and oak: or they may be such as to pro-duce spirited and pleasing effects. This must be effected byplanting the different divisions of trees, first, in small leadinggroups, and then by effecting a union between the groups ofdifferent character, by intermingling those of the nearest… … [Fig. 17, Example in grouping * We are persuaded that very few persons are aware of the infinite beauty, va-ried and endless, that may be produced by arranging trees with regard to theircolouring. It requires the eye and genius of a Claude, or a Poussin, to devel-ope all these hidden beauties of…
Landscape gardening · Architecture, Domestic
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