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 79
t to be appropriate in a country residence, Pictur- 68 LANDSCAPE GARDENING. esque trees give new spirit to groups of merely beautifulones, and the latter sometimes heighten by contrast the valueof the former. All of which, however, does not prevent thepredominance of the leading features of either… … [Fig. 5. Plan of a common Farm, before any impmvements.) To illustrate partially our ideas on the arrangement ofplantations, we place before the reader the two accompany-ing examples. The first, (fig. 5,) represents a portion, say ON WOOD AND PLANTATIONS. 69 one-third or one-half, of a piece of…
Landscape gardening · Architecture, Domestic
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