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 357
hatched gilding. On the right and left of the saloon, are the draic-ing and dining-rooms, each 26 by 18 feet. From the drawing-room opens thelibrary, 34 feet by 13, and 16 feet high to the apex of the arched ceiling. Thisroom is finished and furnished in a rich Gothic style: the ceiling is a Tudor… … [Pig. 42. Collage Resiiieuce of Nathan Dunn, Esq., Mount Holly, N. J.] of the tracery are numerous, is highly elegant. The erottage-oriel window in thisapartment is filled with a screen of Gothic pannel work, glazed with fine examplesof landscapes painted on glass. From the libary we enter, through…
Landscape gardening · Architecture, Domestic
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