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 359
the shrubbery, and selection of choice shrubs. Theconservatory or green-house. Open and covered seats. Pavilions. Rustic seats. Prospecttower. Bridges. Rockwork. Fountains of various descriptions. Judicious introductionof decorations. Nature, assuming a more lovely faceBorrowing a beauty from the… … N our finest places, or thosecountry seats where much ofthe poHsh of pleasure groundor park scenery is kept up, one of the most striking defects,is the want of ^-union hetioeen the house and the grounds. EMBELLISHMENTS. 349 We are well aware that from the comparative rarity of any-thing- like a…
Landscape gardening · Architecture, Domestic
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