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 321
comfort. 310 LANDSCAPE GARDENING. sidered a less beautiful and perfect, yet which is certainly amore bold, varied, and, if we may use the term, accommoda-ting style. The Roman style is distinguished from itsprototype by the introduction of arched openings over thedoors and windows, story piled over… … [Fig. i!6- View nt Pn : Isle, Ihe resiJence of Wm. Denning, Esq., Dutchess Co. N. Y-] highly decorated facades; and instead of being confined tothe few fixed principles of the Greek, the greatest latitudeis often observed in the proportions, forms, and decorationsof buildings in the Roman style.…
Landscape gardening · Architecture, Domestic
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