A treatise on the theory and practice of landscape gardeningWiley and Putnam, 1844 |
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... masses of littleness " as the Dutch . There is more of promenade , less of parterre ; more gravel than turf ; more of the de- ciduous than the evergreen tree . The practical water - wit of drenching the spectators was in high vogue in ...
... masses of littleness " as the Dutch . There is more of promenade , less of parterre ; more gravel than turf ; more of the de- ciduous than the evergreen tree . The practical water - wit of drenching the spectators was in high vogue in ...
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... masses of English Ivy , forming the most picturesque , sylvan objects we ever be- held . Lemon Hill , half a mile above the Fairmount water- works of Philadelphia , was , 20 years ago , the most perfect specimen of the geometric mode in ...
... masses of English Ivy , forming the most picturesque , sylvan objects we ever be- held . Lemon Hill , half a mile above the Fairmount water- works of Philadelphia , was , 20 years ago , the most perfect specimen of the geometric mode in ...
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... masses of native wood , watered by a fine stream and stocked with deer , were the leading features of the place at that time ; and this , and Woodlands , were the two best . specimens of the modern style , as Judge Peters ' seat , Lemon ...
... masses of native wood , watered by a fine stream and stocked with deer , were the leading features of the place at that time ; and this , and Woodlands , were the two best . specimens of the modern style , as Judge Peters ' seat , Lemon ...
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... masses of fine forest and ornamental trees , be- neath which are walks leading in easy curves to rustic seats , and summer houses placed in secluded spots , or to openings affording most lovely prospects . ( See Frontis- piece ) . In ...
... masses of fine forest and ornamental trees , be- neath which are walks leading in easy curves to rustic seats , and summer houses placed in secluded spots , or to openings affording most lovely prospects . ( See Frontis- piece ) . In ...
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... masses of trees and shrubs on a pleasing lawn . ( Fig . 5. ) The seat of Col. Perkins , at Brookline , is one of the most interesting in this neighbourhood . The very beautiful lawn here , abounds with exquisite trees , finely disposed ...
... masses of trees and shrubs on a pleasing lawn . ( Fig . 5. ) The seat of Col. Perkins , at Brookline , is one of the most interesting in this neighbourhood . The very beautiful lawn here , abounds with exquisite trees , finely disposed ...
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Page 269 - Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature ; and his top was among the thick boughs.
Page 148 - Though bush or floweret never grow My dark unwarming shade below ; Nor summer bud perfume the dew Of rosy blush or yellow hue ; Nor fruits of autumn, blossom-born, My green and glossy leaves adorn ; Nor murmuring tribes from me derive Th...
Page 19 - The Tower of Babel not yet finished. St. George in Box ; his arm scarce long enough, but will be in a condition to stick the Dragon by next April.
Page 66 - Consult the genius of the place in all: That tells the waters or to rise or fall; Or helps the ambitious hill the heavens to scale, Or scoops in circling theatres the vale ; Calls in the country, catches opening glades, Joins willing woods, and varies shades from shades; Now breaks, or now directs, the intending lines; Paints, as you plant, and, as you work, designs.
Page 143 - There is no instance of a man before Gibbons who gave to wood the loose and airy lightness of flowers, and chained together the various productions of the elements with a free disorder natural to each species.
Page 223 - Come, my Corinna, come; and, coming, mark How each field turns a street, each street a park Made green and trimmed with trees; see how Devotion gives each house a bough Or branch: each porch, each door, ere this, An ark, a tabernacle is, Made up of white-thorn, neatly interwove; As if here were those cooler shades of love.
Page 375 - ... Vast lawns that extend like sheets of vivid green, with here and there clumps of gigantic trees, heaping up rich piles of foliage ; the solemn pomp of groves and woodland glades, with the deer trooping in silent herds across them ; the hare bounding away to the covert or the pheasant suddenly bursting upon the wing ; the brook, taught to wind in...
Page 161 - The murdered traveller's bones were found, Far down a narrow glen. The fragrant birch, above him, hung Her tassels in the sky; And many a vernal blossom sprung, And nodded careless by. . The red-bird warbled, as he wrought His hanging nest o'erhead, And fearless, near the fatal spot, Her young the partridge led. But there was weeping far away, And gentle eyes, for him, With watching many an anxious day, Were sorrowful and dim.
Page 374 - The taste of the English in the cultivation of land and in what is called landscape gardening is unrivalled. They have studied Nature intently, and discover an exquisite sense of her beautiful forms and harmonious combinations. Those charms which in other countries she lavishes in wild solitudes are here assembled round the haunts of domestic life.
Page 374 - Nothing can be more imposing than the magnificence of English park scenery. Vast lawns that extend like sheets of vivid green, with here and there clumps of gigantic trees heaping up rich piles of foliage; the solemn pomp of groves and woodland glades with the deer trooping in silent herds across them...