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 452
fig. 10. 25, The different flower and shrub gardens described in detail in the plan,fig. 6, p. 424, 425. 26, The hot-houses, pits, frames, farm-buildings, &c., shown fig. 6. 27, Grass fields, forming part of the farm. 28, Point from which the view of the hot-houses, fig. 8, in p. 428, istaken;… … [Fig. 14. Rustic cohered Seat, of Woodwork. J Remarks. — In pointing out the principal sources of the professional in-struction which a young gardener may derive from examining this place,we shall first direct attention to the garden structures. These, whether of
Landscape gardening · Architecture, Domestic
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