A treatise on the theory and practice of landscape gardening
Subtitle: 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: by A.J. Downing
Contributors: Wiley & Putnam; Charles C. Little & Co
Series: Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part II; Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part II
Publisher: Wiley and Putnam; C.C. Little & Company
Published: 1841
Place of publication: New York; London; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 451
Subjects: Landscape gardening; English Gardens
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.
Table of contents: title: Historical sketches; title: Beauties of landscape gardening; title: Wood and plantations; title: Deciduous ornamental trees; title: Evergreen ornamental trees; title: Vines and climbing plants; title: Treatment of ground; title: formation of walks; title: Treatment of water; title: Landscape or rural architecture; title: Embellishments ; Architectural, rustic, and floral; title: 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.