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 447
with sheet-iron roof supported by iron rods. This structuremay be seen in the view Jig. 10. 90 90, Masses of evergreens and deciduous trees and shrubs. 91, Grotto, made late last year, not yet completed. It was formerly anouter ice-house, but it failed as such. The entrance is surrounded… … I Pig. 11. Grotto, with Umbrella Tent over-: 93, Slip of ground for compost, and various other materials requisite forthe garden and farmyard ; communicating with the frame-ground by thedoor 94, witli the farmyard by the gate 95, and with the farm by thegate 96. 94, Door from the frame-ground to…
Landscape gardening · Architecture, Domestic
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