ADAPTED TO 



WITH A VIEW TO THE 



A TREATISE 



ON THE 



THEORY AND PRACTICE 



LANDSCAPE GARDENING, 



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WITH 



IMPROVEMENT OF COUNTRY RESIDENCES. 



COMPRISING 



HISTOBICAL NOTICES AND GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF THE ART, 



DIRECTIONS FOR LAYING OUT GROUNDS AND ARRANGING PLANTATIONS, THE 



DESCRIPTION AND CULTIVATION OF HARDY TREKS, DECORATIVE 



ACCOMPANIMENTS OF THE HOUSE AND GROUNDS, 



THE FORMATION OF 

 PIECKS OF ARTIFICIAL WATER, FLOWER GARDENS, ETC. 



WITH 



REMARKS ON RURAL ARCHITECTURE. 



BY THE LATE A. J. DOWNING, ESQ. 

 SIXTH EDITION, 



ENLARGED, REVISED, AND NEWLY ILLUSTRATED. 



WITH A SUPPLEMENT, 



CONTAINING SOME REMARKS ABOUT COUNTRY PLACES, AND THE BEST METHODS OP 



MAKING THEM; ALSO, AN ACCOUNT OF THE NEWER DECIDUOUS AND EVEB- 



GBEEN PLANTS, LATELY INTRODUCED INTO CULTIVATION, BOTH HARDY 



AND HALF-HARDY. 



BY 



HENRY WINTHROP SARGENT. 



Yorfe : 



A. O. MOORE & CO. 



AGRICULTURAL BOOK PUBLISHERS, 140 FULTON STREET. 



1859. 



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