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 55
superior e.xpres-sion of the latter. Directions for the arrangement of Plantations in the Modern Style, withillustrations. General classification of trees as to forms, with leading characteristics of eachclass. He gains all points, wiio pleasingly confounds,Surprises, varies, and conceals the… … M O N G all the materials at our disposalfor the embellishment of country residences,••^^^s^i^^^^g^^ none are at once so highly ornamental, soindispensable, and so easily managed, as trees or wood. Weintroduce them in every part of the landscape, — in the fore-ground as well as in the distance, on…
Landscape gardening · Architecture, Domestic
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