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 320
that there is noreason to believe the temple, form was ever, even by the11=;= ^ Greeks, used for private dwell-ings, which easily accounts forg_ our comparative failure, in^^^^^^ constructing well arranged,11 g 25 Roman Residence J Small resideuccs in thls style. The Romans, either unable to… … * We are well aware that such is the rage for this style among us, just now,and so completely have our builders the idea of its unrivalled supremacy in theirheads, that many submit to the most meagre conveniences, under the name ofclosets, libraries, etc., in our country houses, without a murmur,…
Landscape gardening · Architecture, Domestic
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