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
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 a small lobby,an octagonal… … [Fig. 43. Plan of the principal flooi-.] RURAL ARCHITECTURE. 347 From the dining-room a door opens to Mr. Dunns bed-room, and from hence alobby leads to the side entrance, to the kitchen, and to the back stairs ; the latterconducting to a cool parlour on the cellar floor. Besides the bed-rooms on…
Landscape gardening · Architecture, Domestic
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