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 324
description in winter. The Italian chimney-tops, unlike the Grecian, are alwaysopenly shown and rendered ornamental; and as we have al-ready mentioned, the irregularity in the masses of the edificeand shape of the roof, renders the sky outline of a buildingin this style, extremely picturesque. A… … [Fig- 23. The .New-Haven Suburban Villa.*] merit of allowing additions to be made in almost any direc-tion, without injuring the effect of the original structure : in-deed such is the variety of sizes and forms, which the differ-ent parts of an Italian villa may take, in perfect accordancewith…
Landscape gardening · Architecture, Domestic
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