An edition of A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening (1841)

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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An edition of A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening (1841)

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

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01 Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening: Adapted to North America; with a View to the Improvement of Country Residences ... with Remarks on Rural Architecture 2018, Creative Media Partners, LLC in English 1376454181 9781376454185	zzzz Not in Library Libraries near you: WorldCat
02 A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening: Adapted to North America Oct 09, 2018, Franklin Classics hardcover 0341895768 9780341895763	zzzz Not in Library Libraries near you: WorldCat
03 Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening: With a View to the Improvement of Country Residences, Comprising Historical Notices and General Principles of the Art 2018, Cambridge University Press in English 1108083293 9781108083294	zzzz Not in Library Libraries near you: WorldCat
04 A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening: Adapted to North America Oct 20, 2018, Franklin Classics Trade Press hardcover 034385161X 9780343851613	zzzz Not in Library Libraries near you: WorldCat
05 Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening: Adapted to North America 2018, Creative Media Partners, LLC in English 0343851601 9780343851606	zzzz Not in Library Libraries near you: WorldCat
06 Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening: Adapted to North America 2018, Creative Media Partners, LLC in English 034189575X 9780341895756	zzzz Not in Library Libraries near you: WorldCat
07 A Treatise On the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening: Adapted to North America Oct 07, 2015, Arkose Press hardcover 1344141072 9781344141079	zzzz Not in Library Libraries near you: WorldCat
08 A treatise on the theory and practice of landscape gardening: adapted to North America 1855, Saxton in English - 5th ed.	zzzz Not in Library Libraries near you: WorldCat
09 A treatise on the theory and practice of landscape gardening: adapted to North America; with a view to the improvement of country residences...with remarks on rural architecture... 1854, Riker, Thorne & Co. in English - 5th ed., enl. rev. and newly illustrated.	zzzz Not in Library Libraries near you: WorldCat
10 A treatise on the theory and practice of landscape gardening: adapted to North America; with a view to the improvement of country residences ... With remarks on rural architecture ... 1850, G. P. Putnam, Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans in English - 4th ed., enl., rev., and newly illustrated.	zzzz Not in Library Libraries near you: WorldCat
11 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 1841, Wiley and Putnam, C.C. Little & Company in English	aaaa Not in Library

Book Details

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. I. Notes on transplanting trees, Reasons for frequent failures in removing large trees, Directions for performing this operation, Selection of subjects, Preparing trees for removal, Transplanting evergreens ; II. Description of an English suburban residence, Chesthunt Cottage, With views and plans showing the arrangement of the house and grounds, And mode of managing the whole premises.

Edition Notes

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.

Published in: New York, London, Boston
Series: Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part II, Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part II

Gale, Nineteenth Century Collections Online

The Physical Object

Pagination: 1 online resource (2 preliminary leaves, 451 pages)
Number of pages: 451

ID Numbers

Open Library: OL44672470M

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A treatise on the theory and practice of landscape gardening

by A. J. Downing