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 |
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Page 74
... bark ; and pines , larches , and other trees of striking , irregular growth , must appear in numbers sufficient to give character to the woody outlines . As , to produce the Beautiful , the trees are planted singly in open groups to ...
... bark ; and pines , larches , and other trees of striking , irregular growth , must appear in numbers sufficient to give character to the woody outlines . As , to produce the Beautiful , the trees are planted singly in open groups to ...
Page 102
... bark , and a softly rounded pyramidal or drooping head , are the characteristics of a Beautiful tree . We need not add that gently sloping ground , or surfaces rolling in easy undulations , should accompany such plantations . PLANTING ...
... bark , and a softly rounded pyramidal or drooping head , are the characteristics of a Beautiful tree . We need not add that gently sloping ground , or surfaces rolling in easy undulations , should accompany such plantations . PLANTING ...
Page 103
... barks will be deeply furrowed and rough , the limbs twisted and irregular , and the forms and outlines distinctly varied . They should often be intermixed with smaller undergrowth of a similar character , as the hazel , nawthorn , etc ...
... barks will be deeply furrowed and rough , the limbs twisted and irregular , and the forms and outlines distinctly varied . They should often be intermixed with smaller undergrowth of a similar character , as the hazel , nawthorn , etc ...
Page 104
... bark , or wildness of form and outline , or in some accidental curve of a branch of striking manner of growth , or perhaps of both these conjoined . A broken or crooked limb , a leaning trunk , or several stems springing from the same ...
... bark , or wildness of form and outline , or in some accidental curve of a branch of striking manner of growth , or perhaps of both these conjoined . A broken or crooked limb , a leaning trunk , or several stems springing from the same ...
Page 146
... bark of which is extensively used in tanning ; the Quercitron or Black oak , which is highly valuable as affording a fine yellow or brown dye for wool , silks , paper - hangings , etc .; and the White oak , which is chiefly used for ...
... bark of which is extensively used in tanning ; the Quercitron or Black oak , which is highly valuable as affording a fine yellow or brown dye for wool , silks , paper - hangings , etc .; and the White oak , which is chiefly used for ...
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Page 296 - 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 238 - Lay a garland on my hearse Of the dismal yew ; Maidens, willow branches bear, Say I died true. My love was false, but I was firm, From my hour of birth; Upon my buried body lie Lightly, gentle earth...
Page 32 - The open field, and where the unpierced shade Imbrown'd the noontide bowers ; thus was this place A happy rural seat of various view...
Page 29 - I, for my part, do not like images cut out in juniper or other garden stuff; they be for children.
Page 85 - 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 30 - 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 32 - With mazy error under pendent shades Ran nectar, visiting each plant, and fed Flowers worthy of Paradise, which not nice Art In beds and curious knots, but Nature boon Pour'd forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain...
Page 312 - I know a bank whereon the wild thyme blows, Where ox-lips and the nodding violet grows, Quite over-canopied with lush woodbine, With sweet musk roses, and with eglantine: There sleeps Titania sometime of the night, Lulled in these flowers with dances and delight...
Page 160 - The quivering glimmer of sun and rill With a sudden flash on the eye is thrown, Like the ray that streams from the...
Page 418 - Shall fill thee with delights unfelt before, Impart to things inanimate a voice, And bid her mountains and her hills rejoice; The sound shall run along the winding vales, And thou enjoy an Eden ere it fails. Ye groves...