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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 63

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examples are stillin existence in England, and which consisted of a multitudeof trees thickly planted in impervious hedges, covering some-times several acres of ground. These labyrinths were thesource of much amusement to the family and guests, the trialof skill being to find the centre, and from… … fFig. 1. A Labyrinth.] Since the days when these gardens were in their glory, thetaste for Landscape Gardening has undergone a great change.The graceful and the picturesque in nature are the new ele-ments of beauty, which, entering into the composition of ourgardens and home landscapes, have, to…

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