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 73
The outline mustbe flowing, here projecting out into the grass, there recedingback into the plantation, in order to take off all appearanceof stiffness and regularity. Trees of medium and smaller sizeshould be so interspersed with those of larger growth, as tobreak up all formal sweeps in the line… … [Fig. 3- View of a Country Residence, as frequently seen.] In many parts of the union where new residences are beingformed, or where old ones are to be improved, the groundswill often be found partially, or to a considerable extent,clothed with belts or masses ofwood, either previously planted?or…
Landscape gardening · Architecture, Domestic
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