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 82
been given for a place of seventyacres, thirty of which include the pleasure-grounds, and fortythe adjoining farm lands. Figure 7, is the plan of an American mansion residenceof considerable extent, only part of the farm lands, /, beinghere delineated. In this residence, as there is no… … [Fig- 7. Plan of a Mansion Residence, laid oul in ihe natural style.] let, which ran through the estate, has been formed into a hand-some pond, or small lake,/, which adds much to the interestof the arounds. The approach road breaks off from the high-way at the entrance lodge, a, and proceeds in…
Landscape gardening · Architecture, Domestic
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