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 400
EMBELLISHMENTS, 389 It was one of the first pieces of rustic work of any size, anddisplaying any ingenuity that we remember to have seenhere; and from its summit, though the garden walks afford-ed no prospect, a beautiful reach of the neighbourhood formany miles was enjoyed. Figure 64 is a design…
Landscape gardening · Architecture, Domestic
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