Title: Beautifying country homes.
Authors: Weidenmann, Jacob,; Bencke, Herman,; Orange Judd & Company,; Lovejoy & Son,
Date: 1870
Publisher: O. Judd
Physical description: 40 p., 26 ℓ. illus., xxiv col. pl. (part fold.) 35 cm.
Language: English
LC class: S
Contents: Contents: Part I. Landscape architecture -- General suggestions -- Lawns -- Seeding down lawns and pastures -- Top-dressing lawns -- Drainage -- Roads and drives -- Walks -- Laying out curved lines for walks or roads -- Practical hints on grading -- Fences, walls, and hedges -- Trees and shrubs -- Grouping -- Transplanting trees and shrubs -- Flower garden -- Water -- Ornaments -- Rock-work -- Tools used in laying out grounds -- Improving new places economically -- Arbitrary calculation of cost -- Care and keeping of ornamental grounds -- Front yards of city lots -- Hints on burial lots -- (Part II. Plans of improved places.) Plate I. Plan of two suburban residences at Albany, N.Y. -- Plate II. Plan of a country house near Chicago, Ill., the property of A.E. Taylor, Esq. -- Plate III. Suburban residence of E.B. Cooley, Esq., near Boston, Mass. -- Plate IV. Suburban residence of Hon. Geo. Beach, Hartford, Conn. -- Plate V. Public Green, Hartford, Conn. --^ Plate VI. Suburban villa of T.M. Stanley, Esq., New Britain, Conn. -- Plate VII. Improvements in front yards of city lots -- Plate VIII. Country home in the vicinity of Cincinnati, Ohio -- Plate IX. Public park, Hartford, Conn. -- Plate X. Country seat near Philadelphia, Pa. -- Plate XI. Suburban residence of James L. Howard, Esq., Hartford, Conn. -- Plate XII. City home of R. Downs, Esq., Brooklyn, N.Y. -- Plate XIII. A country residence at Newport, R.I., the property of F.L. Barieda, Esq. -- Plate XIV. Residence of Uriah Hill, Jr., Esq., Peekskill, N.Y. -- Plate XV. Country homes near Newport, R.I., belonging to Messrs. Alex. Van Rensselaer and Hamilton Hoppin -- Plate XVI. Country house of D. Scull, Esq., Hestonville, Pa. -- Plate XVII. Washington Park, Brooklyn, N.Y. -- Plate XVIII. Retreat Park, Hartford, Conn. -- Plate XIX. Approach and division map of property near Hastings, Westchester Co., N.Y. --^ Plate XX. Suburban residence, called the Cedars, at Newport, R.I., the property of Wm. H. Paine, Esq. -- Plate XXI. City lot, 150 x 300 feet, at Buffalo, N.Y. -- Plate XXII. The residence of Morris K. Jesup, Esq., situated on the Hudson River, at Irvington, N.Y. -- Plate XXIII. The flower garden at Mount St. Vincent, Central Park, N.Y. -- Plate XXIV. Section XV. of Cedar Hill Cemetery, at Hartford, Conn. Contents: Part II. Plans of improved places -- Plate I. Plan of two suburban residences at Albany, N.Y. -- Plate II. Plan of a country house near Chicago, Ill., the property of A.E. Taylor, Esq. -- Plate III. Suburban residence of E.B. Cooley, Esq., near Boston, Mass. -- Plate IV. Suburban residence of Hon. Geo. Beach, Hartford, Conn. -- Plate V. Public Green, Hartford, Conn. -- Plate VI. Suburban villa of T.M. Stanley, Esq., New Britain, Conn. -- Plate VII. Improvements in front yards of city lots -- Plate VIII. Country home in the vicinity of Cincinnati, Ohio -- Plate IX. Public park, Hartford, Conn. -- Plate X. Country seat near Philadelphia, Pa. -- Plate XI. Suburban residence of James L. Howard, Esq., Hartford, Conn. -- Plate XII. City home of R. Downs, Esq., Brooklyn, N.Y. -- Plate XIII. A country residence at Newport, R.I., the property of F.L. Barieda, Esq. -- Plate XIV. Residence of Uriah Hill, Jr., Esq., Peekskill, N.Y. -- Plate XV. Country homes near Newport, R.I., belonging to Messrs. Alex. Van Rensselaer and Hamilton Hoppin -- Plate XVI. Country house of D. Scull, Esq., Hestonville, Pa. -- Plate XVII. Washington Park, Brooklyn, N.Y. -- Plate XVIII. Retreat Park, Hartford, Conn. -- Plate XIX. Approach and division map of property near Hastings, Westchester Co., N.Y. -- Plate XX. Suburban residence, called the Cedars, at Newport, R.I., the property of Wm. H. Paine, Esq. -- Plate XXI. City lot, 150 x 300 feet, at Buffalo, N.Y. -- Plate XXII. The residence of Morris K. Jesup, Esq., situated on the Hudson River, at Irvington, N.Y. -- Plate XXIII. The flower garden at Mount St. Vincent, Central Park, N.Y. -- Plate XXIV. Section XV. of Cedar Hill Cemetery, at Hartford, Conn.