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 366
lanted with choice flowering plants, and the ef-fect of the blossoms and green leaves growing outof these handsome receptacles, is at least uniqueand striking. Loudon objects to it in the caseof an elegant sculptured vase, because it is re-ducino: a work of art to the level of a mere…
Landscape gardening · Architecture, Domestic
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