A treatise on the theory and practice of landscape gardening : adapted to North America, with a view...
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, illustrated by engravings / by A.J. Downing.
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New York ; London : Wiley and Putnam ; Boston : C.C. Little & Company, 1841.
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English
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1 online resource (2 preliminary leaves, 451 pages) : illustrations.
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text
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computer
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online resource
Contents
Historical sketches -- Beauties of landscape gardening -- Wood and plantations -- Deciduous ornamental trees -- Evergreen ornamental trees -- Vines and climbing plants -- Treatment of ground -- formation of walks -- Treatment of water -- Landscape or rural architecture -- Embellishments ; Architectu...
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New York ; London : Wiley and Putnam ; Boston : C.C. Little & Company, 1841.
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New York (State)
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1841.
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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 to the...
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Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine: 1780-1925, Part II
Frontispiece: black and white engraving.
"Insult not nature with absurd expense, nor spoil her simple charms by vain pretence, weigh well the subject, be with a caution bold, profuse of genius, not profuse of gold."
Reproduction of the original from the Huntington Library....
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74VKVEaL3ex3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVEaL3ex3
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991024131225802626
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Gale Cengage Learning, Nineteenth Century Collections Online
