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.

Author/creator Downing, A. J.
Other author Sargent, Henry Winthrop, 1810-1882.
Format Electronic
Edition6th ed., enl., rev., and newly illustrated.
Publication InfoNew York : A.O. Moore & Co., 1859 (Wynkoop, Hallenbeck & Thomas)
Description576 p., [35] leaves of plates : ill., port. ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentGale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926
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SeriesSabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.
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.
Local noteScience.
Local note2013AL16700.
General note"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."
General noteIncludes index.
General noteReproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.
General noteSabin no. 20776.
General noteReproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, 2013. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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