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 95
[Fig. 13. Poplttrs in excess. criminately employed, or even used in any considerable propor-tion in the decoration of the ground immediately adjoining abuilding of any pretensions, they would inevitably defeat this … [Fig. 14. Poplars jlld ON WOOD AND PLANTATIONS. 85 purpose, and by their tall and formal growth, diminish theapparent magnitude, as well as the elegance of the house.Fig. 13 is a miniature sketch of a building completely over-powered in this way by tall poplars. Fig. 14, shows a build-ing around…
Landscape gardening · Architecture, Domestic
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