CONTENTS. 



SECTION I. 



HISTORICAL SKETCHES. 



OBJECTS of the art. Origin of the modern and natural style. Influence 

 of the English poets and writers. Examples of the art abroad. Land- 

 scape Gardening in North America, and examples now existing. 



SECTION II. 



BEAUTIES OF LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



Capacities of the art. The beauties of the ancient style. The Beautiful 

 and the Picturesque. Nature and principles of Landscape Gardening as 

 an imitative art. The Production of Beautiful Landscape. Of Picturesque 

 do. Simple beauty of the art. The principles of Unity, Harmony, and 



Variety. 



SECTION III. 



WOOD AND PLANTATIONS. 



The beauty of trees in rural embellishments. Pleasure resulting from 

 their cultivation. Plantations in the ancient style. In the modern style. 

 Grouping trees. Arrangement and grouping in the Graceful school. In 

 the Picturesque school. Illustrations in planting villa, ferme orne'e, and 

 cottage grounds. General classification of trees as to forms, with leading 

 characteristics of each class. 



SECTION IV. 



DECIDUOUS ORNAMENTAL TREES. 



The history and description of all the finest hardy deciduous trees. 

 Remarks on their effects in Landscape Gardening, individually and in 

 composition ; their cultivation, etc. 



SECTION V. 



EVERGREEN ORNAMENTAL TREES. 



The history and description of all the finest hardy evergreen trees. 

 Remarks on their effects in Landscape Gardening, individually and in 

 composition. Their cultivation, etc. 



