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 / by A.J. Downing.

Main entry:

Downing, A. J. (Andrew Jackson), 1815-1852.

Title & Author:

Edition:

4th ed., enl., rev., and newly illustrated.

Publication:

New York : G.P. Putnam ; London : Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1849.

Description:

532 pages, 19 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Microfilm. New Haven, Conn. : Research Publications, 1973. on 1 microfilm reel with other items ; 35 mm. (American architectural books ; reel 25, no. 357).

Subject:

Landscape gardening North America.
Country homes North America.
Jardins Architecture Amérique du Nord.
Country homes.
Landscape gardening.
North America.

Added entries:

American architectural books ; reel 25, no. 357.

Holdings:

Location: Library study room microform 54156
Call No.: ID87B7159s25 MFM; ID:90-B2751
Status: Available

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