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 287
f artificial pieces of water. Regular forms unpleasing. Directions for the formationof ponds or lakes in the irregular manner. Study of natural lakes. Islands. Planting themargin. Treatment of natural brooks and rivulets. Cascades and waterfalls. Legitimatesphere of the art in this department. The… … H E delightful and captivating effects ofwater in landscapes of every description,are universally known and admitted! Theboundless sea, the broad full- river, the dashing noisy brook,and the limpid meandering rivulet, are all possessed of theirpeculiar charms ; and when combined with scenes…
Landscape gardening · Architecture, Domestic
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