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 367
(Fig. -19. 356 LANDSCAPE GARDENING. … I Fig. SO.l tion, especially when vases are considered asarchitectural decorations. Occasional devi-ations, however, may be permitted, for thesake of producing variety, especially in thecase of vases used as decorations in theflower-garden. A very pretty and fanciful substitute for thesculptured…
Landscape gardening · Architecture, Domestic
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