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 448
or the sake of having different aspects for the fruit APPENDIX. 437 trees which are trained against it; and for strength, being only one brickin thickness for lessening the expense. 9, Pond in the largest kitchen-garden, supplied from the brook by pipes,with waste pipe to the pond on the lawn. 10,… … [Fig. 12. Covered Seal, of grotesque and rustic Masoai*y.J by Mr. Harrison when it was upwards of 80 years of age. The instru-ments with which a number of large plants, particularly shrubs, weretransplanted under Mr. Harrisons directions, when the grounds werebeing altered and enlarged, were…
Landscape gardening · Architecture, Domestic
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