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PREFACE BY ANDREW JACKSON DOWNING, 1841 v 



PREFACE BY FRANK A. WAUGH, 1921 ix 



FROM THE BOOK ON LANDSCAPE GARDENING: 



1. HISTORICAL SKETCHES 1 



2. BEAUTIES AND PRINCIPLES OF THE ART 27 



3. ON WOOD AND PLANTATIONS 49 



4. TREATMENT OF GROUND 90 



5. TREATMENT OF WATER 100 



6. EMBELLISHMENTS 116 



FROM THE COLLECTION OF RURAL ESSAYS: 



7. THE PHILOSOPHY OF RURAL TASTE 151 



8. THE BEAUTIFUL IN GROUND 156 



9. THE BEAUTIFUL IN A TREE 162 



10. ON THE DRAPERY OF COTTAGES AND GARDENS 167 



11. A FEW HINTS ON LANDSCAPE GARDENING 179 



12. HINTS TO RURAL IMPROVERS 184 



13. ON THE MISTAKES OF CITIZENS IN COUNTRY LIFE 193 



14. ON CITIZENS RETIRING TO THE COUNTRY 203 



15. How TO CHOOSE A SITE FOR A COUNTRY SEAT 212 



16. How TO ARRANGE COUNTRY PLACES 218 



17. THE MANAGEMENT OF LARGE COUNTRY PLACES 22."i 



18. COUNTRY PLACES IN AUTUMN 231 



19. THE NEGLECTED AMERICAN PLANTS 2.">.~i 



20. A WORD IN FAYOR OF EVERGREENS 210 



21. HINTS IN FLOWER GARDENS 217 



22. A CHAPTER ON ROSES 253 



23. A TALK WITH FLORA AND POMONA 2<i."i 



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