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 398
[Fig. 61.] EMBELLISHMENTS. 387 veranda, supported on rustic pillars formed of the trunks ofsaplings, with the bark attached. … [Fig. 62. Rmtic covered Seat.] Many of the English country places abound with admira-ble specimens of rustic work in their parks and pleasure-grounds. White Knights, in particular, a residence of theDuke of Marlborough has a number of beautiful structuresof this kind. Figure 62, is a view of a…
Landscape gardening · Architecture, Domestic
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