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 372
ant flower-garden, on the lawn at Drop-more, the beds being cut out of the smooth turf. The flower-garden at Dropmore is shown in Jig. ,54.In this the plants are so disposed, that when in flower thecorresponding forms of the figure contain corresponding co-loured flowers. The following is a list of… … o ^ ta-v u?o,, [Fig. 54. The Flcnver-Garden at Dropmore.] In Summer. Beds. 1. Rosa Indica, (blush China,) bordered with R. Semperfloreua Acre pleno, and R. Indica minor. 2. Pelargonium inquinans, (Scarlet Geranium.) 3. Verbena Lamberti. 4. Senecio elegans, flora pleno. (Double Jacobea.) 5. 5.…
Landscape gardening · Architecture, Domestic
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