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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 of the house and grounds, the formation of pieces of artificial water, flower gardens, etc., with remarks on rural architecture / by A.J. Downing.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Downing, A. J. (Andrew Jackson), 1815-1852.
- Series:
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Landscape gardening--North America.
- Landscape gardening.
- Country homes--North America.
- Country homes.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (576 p., [35] leaves of plates ) ill., port. ;
- Edition:
- 6th ed., enl., rev., and newly illustrated.
- Other Title:
- Treatise on the theory and practice of landscape gardening
- Place of Publication:
- New York : A.O. Moore & Co., 1859 (Wynkoop, Hallenbeck & Thomas)
- Contents:
- section 1. Historical sketches
- Section 2. Beauties of landscape gardening
- Section 3. Wood and plantations
- Section 4. Deciduous ornamental trees
- Section 5. Evergreen ornamental trees
- Section 6. Vines and climbing plants
- Section 7. Treatment of ground, formation of walks
- Section 8. Treatment of water
- Section 9. Landscape or rural architecture
- Section 10. Embellishments, architectural, rustic, and floral.
- Notes:
- "With a supplement, containing some remarks about country places, and the best methods of making them; also, an account of the newer deciduous and evergreen plants, lately introduced into cultivation, both hardy and half-hardy. By Henry Winthrop Sargent."
- Includes index.
- Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.
- Sabin no. 20776.
- Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.
- OCLC:
- 13
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