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 333
florid than that employed in churches, but still sufficient-ly elegant to give an appearance of decoration to these partsof the building. Sometimes the low or Tudor arch is display-ed in these window-heads, but most commonly the square-headed window with the Gothic label is employed. Greatlatitude… … [Fig. 32. Vii ; Paulding Manor, Irom the N. W. the windows and doors are often sources of great architectu-ral beauty, instead of being left mere bare openings filledwith glass, as in the Classic styles. Not only is each indi-vidual window divided by mullions, in compartments whosetops are enriched…
Landscape gardening · Architecture, Domestic
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