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 the late A.J. Downing, Esq.

Main entry:

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

Title & Author:

Edition:

7th ed.

Publication:

New York : Orange Judd, 1865.

Description:

3 preliminary leaves, pages [viii]-xvi, [17]-576 : frontispiece, illustrations, 34 plates

Notes:
"With a supplement ... by Henry Winthrop Sargent."
Microfilm. New Haven, Conn. : Research Publications, 1971. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (American architectural books : based on the Henry-Russell Hitchcock bibliography ; reel 26, no. 367).

Subject:

Landscape architecture.
Architecture du paysage.

Added entries:

American architectural books : based on the Henry-Russell Hitchcock bibliography.

Holdings:

Location: Library study room microform 48417
Call No.: ID87B7159s26 MFM; ID:89-B7468
Status: Available

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