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 428
le, large lots of evergreens, not 6 in. high, inbeds of one hundred each, such as laurels, Portugal laurels, laurustinuses»bays, hollies, &c.; with many lots of deciduous trees, in smaller numberswhich he planted in a nursery on his own ground ; and at intervals, as hefrom time to time extended… … 418 APPENDIX, the hospital ground mentioned hereafter, furnished the means of extensionsand improvements at no other expense than labour, which, when completed,gave the place the appearance of an old garden ; the plants being largerthan could be obtained, or, if obtained, safely transplanted, Irom…
Landscape gardening · Architecture, Domestic
Internet Archive · Boston Library Consortium · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
