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 455
d the inner walled garden are the strawberries and choicest gooseberries,figs, etc., and these enclosures are opened only by the master keys. Thewhole, therefore, of the wall and best fruit is secured from plunder. The beauties of this place, as has been already mentioned, depend chieflyon the… … ani Agave Mount.] The trees and shrubs, being comparatively limited in number, consist ofone of almost every kind that is to be procured in British nurseries, exclusiveof those which are common, or not considered ornamental. In selectingthese, the more rare kinds have been procured, and planted…
Landscape gardening · Architecture, Domestic
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