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 393
requi-site in attendance, are the chief merits of the hot water sys-tems, which however have the great additional advantage ofaffording a more moist and genial temperature. In a green-house, the flues, or hot water pipes, may be con-cealed under the stage. In conservatories they should by allmeans… … [Fig. 5G. Villa of J. W. Perry, Esq , al Brooklyn, N. V, with the CoDserviilory attached.] One of the most beautiful conservatories attached to thedwelling, to which we can refer our readers, for an example,is that of J. W. Perry, Esq., Brooklyn, near New-York,^g-.56, forming the left wing of this…
Landscape gardening · Architecture, Domestic
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