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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 188

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building or cabinet-work. The Kentucky Coffee tree is well entitled to a place inevery collection. In summer, its charming foliage and agree-able flowers render it a highly beautiful lawn tree ; and inwinter, it is certainly one of the strangest trees in appearance, DECIDUOUS ORNAMENTAL TREES. 177… … [Fig. 21. The Keiilucky Coffee Tree.] ceptible buds. Alto^^ether it more resembles a dry, dead,and withered combination of sticks, than a living and thriftytree. Although this would be highly monotonous and dis-pleasing, were it the common appearance of our deciduoustrees in winter; yet, as it is…

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