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 20
in r6^ulier Iordonnancc imposante,Prete aii.x champs des beautes qiiils ne connaissaient pas,Dune pompe etrans^ere embellit leur appas,Donne aux arbres des lois, aux ondes des entraves,Et, despofe orgueilleux, brille entour^ desclaves;Son air est moins riant et plus majesteux,Lantre, de la nature… … U R first, mostendearing, andmost sacred associations, says the amiable Mrs. Hofland, are connected with gardens ; our most simple and most re- 2 10 LANDSCAPE GARDENING. fined perceptions of beauty are combined with them. Andalthough music, poetry, and painting, sister fine arts, have inall…
Landscape gardening · Architecture, Domestic
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