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 325
maybe considered as models for this kind of dwelling. Fig. 28, withoutbeing a precise copy of any one of these buildings, may be taken as a pretty ac-curate representation of their general appearance. 40 314 LANDSCAPE GARDENING. gladly make additions at some subsequent period, could thisbe done… … [Kie.29. Residence ol Ulthop Doane, Burlington, New-Jersey] Pleasing associations are connected with Roman and Ital-ian architecture, especially to those who have studied theireffect in all the richness and beauty with which they are in-vested in the countries where they originated; and they may *…
Landscape gardening · Architecture, Domestic
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