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TREATISE 



ON 



THE THEORY AND PRACTICE 



OF 



LANDSCAPE GARDENING, 



ADAPTED TO 



NORTH AMERICA; 



WITH A VIEW TO 



THE IMPROVEMENT OF COUNTRY RESIDENCES. 



COMPRISING 



HISTORICAL NOTICES AND GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF THE ART, 



DIRECTIONS FOR LAYING OUT GROUNDS AND ARRANGING PLANTATIONS, 



THE DESCRIPTION AND CULTIVATION OF HARDT TREES, 



DECORATIVE ACCOMPANIMENTS TO THE HOUSE AND GROUNDS, 



THE FORMATION OF PIECES OF ARTIFICIAL WATER, FLOWER GARDENS, ETC. 



WITH REMARKS ON 



RURAL ARCHITECTURE. 



ILLUSTRATED BY ENGRAVINGS. 



By a. J. DOWNING. 



*' Insult not Nature with absurd expense, 

 Nor spoil her simple charms by vain pretence ; 

 Weigh well the subject, be with caution bold, 

 Profuse of genius, not profuse of gold." 



NEW- YORK & LONDON : 



WILEY AND PUTNAM. 



BOSTON:— C. C. LITTLE & Co. 



1841. 



