A TREATISE 



THEORY AND PRACTICE 



or 



lIndscape gardening 



ADAPTED TO 



arti] ^m^rita;; 



WITH A VIEW TO THE 



IMPROVEMENT OF COUNTRY RESIDENCES. 



COMPRISING 



HISTORICAL NOTICES AND GENERAL PUIXCIPLES OF THE ART, 



DIRECrriGNS FOR LAYING OUT GROUNDS AND ARRANGING PLANTATIONS, TH^ 



DESCRIPTION AND CULTIVATION OF HARDY TREES, DECORATIVE 



ACCOMPANIMENTS OF THE HOUSE AND GROUNDS, 



THE FORMATION OF 



PIECES OF ARTIFICIAL WATER, FLOWER GARDENS, ETC. 



KEMARKS ON RURAL ARCHITECTURE. 



JTtftf) ISUttion, 



ENLARGED, REVISED, AND NEWLY ILLUSTRATED. 



Bv A. J. DOWNING, 



AUTHOR OF DESIGNS FOR COTTAGE RESIDENCES, KTO. 



Insult not Nature with absurd expense. 

 Nor spoil her simple charms by vain pretence ; 

 Weigh well the subject, be with caution bold. 

 Profuse of genius, not profuse of gold." 



NEW YORK: 

 O. M. SAXTON AND COMPANY, 



AGEICULTURAL BOOK PUBLISHERS, 



No. 140 Fulton Street. 



1856. 



