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 430
indicated by different kinds of covered seatsor garden structures. In conducting the walks, and distributing the treesand shrubs, considerable skill and taste have been displayed in concealingthe distant walks, and those which cross the lawn in different directions,from the windows of the… … 420 APPENDIX. the house; secondly, that of the farm and garden offices and the hot-houses ; and, thirdly, the general plan of the grounds. The house, in its external form and interior arrangement, is to be con-sidered as a cottage, or rather as a villa assuming a cottage character.Hence, the centre…
Landscape gardening · Architecture, Domestic
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