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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 437

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426 APPENDIX. … wall is covered with different species of Passifl5ra, and with the Tacsb-nia pinnatistipula. 6, Camellia-house. The camellias kept in pots ; the rafters covered withvines, and the back wall with passifl6ras and other climbers. Thishouse, and also 5, are heated from one boiler, as indicated at 64.…

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