LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



ANDREW JACKSON DOWNING Frontispiece 



FIG. PAGE 



1. GARDEN STAIRWAY 5 



2. VIEW ON THE GROUNDS AT BLITHEWOOD, DUTCHESS COUNTY, 



NEW YORK 14 



3. THE HOME OF MR. DOWNING AT NEWBURGH, NEW YORK. . 20 



4. MAIN LAWN IN NEW JERSEY STATE HOSPITAL, TRENTON, 



DESIGNED BY A. J. DOWNING 26 



5. THE BEAUTIFUL AS ILLUSTRATED BY MR. DOWNING 29 



6. THE PICTURESQUE AS ILLUSTRATED BY MR. DOWNING 31 



7. MODERN AMERICAN HOME GARDEN 36 



8. PLAN OF MR. DOWNING'S HOME GROUNDS, NEWBURGH, NEW 



YORK 50 



9. TREES GROUPED TO PRODUCE THE BEAUTIFUL 59 



10. TREES GROUPED TO PRODUCE THE PICTURESQUE 60 



11. PLAN OF FARM BEFORE IMPROVEMENT 68 



12. PLAN OF SAME GROUNDS IMPROVED AS COUNTRY SEAT 69 



13. PLAN OF A MANSION RESIDENCE LAID OUT IN THE NATURAL 



STYLE 71 



14. PLAN OF A SUBURBAN VILLA RESIDENCE 73 



15. PLAN OF AN EMBELLISHED FARM (FERME ORN&E) 75 



16. ROUND-HE A DKD TREE 78 



1 7. SPIRY-TOPPED TREE 80 



18. OBLONG-HEADED TREE 82 



19. POND SHORE PLANTED WITH IRIS, ETC 10.~> 



20. RUSTIC VASE 121 



21. GRECIAN VASE 1 21! 



22. GRECIAN VASE 1 22 



23. MODERN VASE IN TERRA GOTTA 122 



24. THE GARDEN SUN DIAL 121 



25. A BIRD BATH AS A GARDEN ORNAMENT 12C. 



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