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 ; with a supplement ... by Henry Winthrop Sargent.

Main entry:

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

Title & Author:

Edition:

6th ed., enl., rev., and newly illustrated.

Publication:

New York : A.O. Moore, 1859.

Description:

576 pages, 35 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
Treatise on the theory and practice of landscape gardening, adapeted to North American [New ed.] (1859) / Andrew Jackson Downing -- Treatise on the theory and practice of landscape gardening, adapeted to North American [6th ed.] (1865) / Andrew Jackson Downing -- Treatise on the theory and practice of landscape gardening, adapeted to North American [7th ed.] (1875) / Andrew Jackson Downing.
Microfilm. New Haven, Conn. : Research Publications, 1973. on 1 microfilm reel with other items ; 35 mm. (American architectural books ; reel 26, no. 365).

Subject:

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

Added entries:

Sargent, Henry Winthrop, 1810-1882.
American architectural books ; reel 26, no. 365.

Holdings:

Location: Library study room microform 54178
Call No.: ID87B7159s26 MFM; ID:90-B2777
Status: Available

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