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 39
x, des pres, des bois,La muette Eloquence et la secrete voix?Rendez-nous ces effets. Les Jardins, Book I. E F O R E we proceed to a detailed and morepractical consideration of the subject, let us oc-cupy ourselves for a moment upon the con. sideration of the different results which areto be sought… … BEAUTIES OF THE ART. 29 schools or modes by which it has previously been character-ized, is but to be groping about in a dim twilight withoutthe power of knowing, even should we be successful in oureftbrts, the real excellence of our production, or of judging ofits merit comparatively, as a work of…
Landscape gardening · Architecture, Domestic
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