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 87
cluded, the grass kept short by the scythe, and the beautyincreased by the introduction of showy shrubs, and groups offlowering plants. In arranging these, even in the small areaof an acre of ground, let them study the same principles, andendeavour to produce as satisfactory effects, as though… … [Fig. 9. Plan of aa embelliabed F results. The man of correct taste will, by the aid of very lim-ited means, and upon a small surface, be able to afford themind more true pleasure, than the improver who lavishes thou-sands without it, creating no other emotion than surprise orpity at the useless…
Landscape gardening · Architecture, Domestic
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