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.
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Main Author: Downing, Andrew J. 1815-1852 (Author)
Format: Microfilm Book
Language:English
Published: New York [u.a.] Saxton, Barker [u.a.] 1860
Edition:6. ed., enl., rev. and newly ill., 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, [Mikrofilm-Ausg.]
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Item Description:Index: p. [574]-576. - Preface to the 6th edition is signed H. W. S. [Henry Winthrop Sargent]. - "Supplement to the sixth edition of landscape gardening" is on p. [425]-573; it includes additional textual material and plates done for this edition; some plates signed at bottom: Engraved for H.W. Sargent's edition of landscape gardening. - "Reprints from the collection of the University of Michigan University Library" : the Michigan Historical Reprint Series
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, architectural, rustic and floral -- Appendix -- Supplement
Physical Description:xvi, 17-576 S., [33] Bl. Ill., Kt.

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