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 337
Pleasant Marble. 326 LANDSCAPE GARDENING. character of its own., being large and ample, the roof or ceil-inar ribbed or oroined, and the floor often inlaid with marbletiles. A corresponding and suitable style of finish withGothic details, ran through all the different apartments, eachof which,… … [Fig. 35. Residence uf the Auiliurat Newljurgli, N. Y.] We have thus particularized the Tudor mansion, becausewe believe that for a cold country like England or the Uni-ted States, it has unrivalled claims upon the attention oflarge landed proprietors, or those who wish to realize in acountry…
Landscape gardening · Architecture, Domestic
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