LANDSCAPE GARDENING 



At a subsequent date he was made president of 

 il:i'h-!|ihia Society for tlie Promotion of Agricul- 

 hl vi.-(/-|iresiileii"t of the United States Agricul- 

 iiri. tv. and became an active member of many 



His 



"Illustrated F]-.:M M;r :,-,,;. .- -1:,M.M II, l-,:j, :,,,.! 



advancedwork r-^ '•' i' ;•■ ■■ \i :■ i ■' i 'i ■'■ ! -■ vm- 



much upon Iiu ' - ; ; . i i .1 > n 



and his techni'-;il l.ii" '. !■ -1 j< "i i lir .iil,], n Hinlunu- 

 views of much value in tin- pro^'ress of tlie indust 

 He edited an American edition of George W. Johnso; 

 "A Dictionary of Modern Gardening," a volume of I 

 pages, published at Philadelphia in 1847. 



In 1847 the La.nl.-. th n,irs,ry wa« r.niovfd to Blonr 

 dale, where Wr. I.mhlrrtli r-tjlili-lnd wliat i^ )u\]r\ 



to be the most cnuililrlr ^ccl-r^inn in llir I "nit. (I Si. 1 1 



■unequalf'd in tlii< r,,iniir\ in 1 lir .i, \ , l,i| nt ..f ii ^ ir.' 



and in tlie tVilli>wiii« year witli an American engine. 

 Subsequently, steam-digging and steam-chopping were 

 experimented with at Bloomsdale, and many improve- 

 ments produced in the machine shop of that model 

 farm. 



David Landreth lived until 1880 in the enjoyment and 

 care of the business which had been so much developed 

 in his hands, and which had reached almost its hun- 

 dredth year. The firm is now one of the thirty cente- 

 nary firms in tlie United States. During a long life he 

 had served his country in connection with agriculture, 

 a pursuit which he digiiified by the wide respect he had 

 gained as an old-school country giwitleman, and his 

 reputation as an able and learned iii^niniliiu-ist. In >;i!ly 

 life he had lived amid the plantiUhiM- ..i Hm l.iiHliriii 

 nursery, one of the show placi-s ,,r I'IhIhI. I|,lii,i IIm 

 site now marlied by the Landrctli SiIm.hI -:iii,| lii^ vir- 





nd ch: 



■ tho 



lof . 



Burnet Laxdketh. 



LANDSCAPE GARDENING. "Gardening may be 

 divided into three species — Ijitchen gardening— parterre- 

 gardening-and landskip, or picturesque gardening: 

 which latter is the subject intended in the following 

 pages — It consists in pleasing the imagination by scenes 

 of "grandeur, beauty, or variety. Convenience merely 

 has no share here ; any farther than as it pleases the 

 imagination." These are the opening lines of "Uncon- 

 nected Thoughts on Gardening," by the poet William 



Shenstone, 17G4. 

 term Landscape >'• 

 sire to make gn. 

 Pope, and the Dui 

 tothe charms of il, 

 of freedom and li;i 



sentences gave the world the 

 )■_■. tM cinlicidy the growing de- 



11. Milton, Addison, 

 , I'ssed the awakening 



I iind hastened the day 



111' ii\ inu'. 11- i;:M-'>n, also, in the follnv. ' .had 



|ii.iir.t( il : •' A^ fur the making of Xn ' 1 i , . ith 



.Hv. rs Colc.r.-.l Earths, they be but ni, . .-■n mi;, -i-e 

 as good sights many times in Tarts. •>»*♦»• 

 I do not like Images cut out in Juniper, or other gar- 

 den-stuff ; they are for Children." 



One does not know what Shcnstnnp's protest meant 



effective, they must be domi- 

 itecture. In the freer atmos- 



ciaus. In fact. Part 1 of his book mi . nli im l: mi ;its 

 "Of Geometry." Yet his plates suit.l lin ii •. <ii tlie 

 time. The particular plan which is >li ..n m I 1^. 1S2S 

 he describes as follows: "The Houst- iimi- Im ilit Xurth 

 upon the Park A, to the East upon the Court B, to tlie 

 Soutli upon the Parterre of Grass and Water C ; and 

 Lastly to the West upon the circular Bason D, from 

 which leads a pleasant Avenue ZX. The Mount F. is 

 i.iisiil with iln> Kiirtli tluit came out of the Canal EE, 

 mill il. hlii|iii II i.. limited with Hedges of different 

 lAi r I ill 1 n-i, tliiit n^in- iii-liind one another of different 



(1.1 . Ii:i\ii ;i M rv -111"! Effect, being view'd from M. 



I, I, : :, till Walks leading up the Mount." The 



111 are further reflected in Fig. 1229,which 



i- i . I,, .III a smaller scale, of one of Langley's 



|iii .i .: : , ,1 ial ruins. It is one of his "views of the 



Kimi- .it l:.iiiMint;s, after the old Roman manner, to ter- 

 minate such Walks that end in disagreeable Objects ; 

 which Ruins may either be painted upon Canvas, or 

 actually built in that manner with Brick, and cover'd 

 with Plaistering in Imitation of Stone." 



The awakening love of nature and of the spontaneous 

 life, as expressed in writings and paintings, soon found 

 expression also in gardens. In verse, Pope gave rules 





1327. Gardens .of the Pope, on the Quirinal, Rome. From F;iM:i's "Li 



