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 354
odge should correspond in style withthe mansion, is a maxim insisted upon by all writers onRural Architecture. Where the latter is built in a mixedst\ie, there is more latitude allowed in the choice of formsfor the lodge, which may be considered more as a thing byitself. But where the dwelling is a… … iF;s- 3- P.in i;as •Js gale frara the -.n-. in the form of the old English cottage for a castellated man-sion, or a Doric lodge for a Corinthian villa; but never twodistinct styles on the same place, (a Gothic gate-house and aGrecian residence.) without producing in minds imbued withcorrect…
Landscape gardening · Architecture, Domestic
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