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 335
architect. In this plan, the entrance porch, a, is 16 by 22 feet; the hall, b, 18 feet square;the saloon, c, 18 by 22 feet; the drawing-room, d, including the hexagonalbay, 25 by 36 feet. The dining-room,/, 18 by 28 feet; the office or business-room, g, 12 by 18 feet, etc. The stairs are placed in… … [Fig. 33. View of Paulding Manor, from the S. £.]
Landscape gardening · Architecture, Domestic
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