THE MAGAZINE 



OF 



HORTICULTURE. 



NOVEMBER, 1841. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



Art. I. Select Villa Residences, with Descriptive J^otices of 

 each; accompanied unih Remarks and Observations on the 

 principles and practice of Landscape Gardening: intended 

 with a view to illustrate the Art of Laying out, Arranging, 

 and Forming Gardens and Ornamental Grounds. By the 

 Editor. 



No. 1. Residence of A. J. Downing, Botanical Gardens and 



Nurseries, Newburgh, New York. 



There are no situations in the country better adapted for 

 beautiful residences, than are to be found on the banks of the 

 majestic Hudson. Its whole course, from New York city 

 to Albany, is one series of splendid and ever changing scenes, 

 from the moment we pass the Palisades, till we step upon the 

 landing at the latter city. At one period, its steep and ab- 

 rupt declivities, clothed with a dense vegetation of lofty pines 

 hemlocks, oaks, &c., which, from the great height of its 

 banks, appear as mere shrubs, — startle us with their grandeur, 

 as we pass along in the deep shade which they cast over the 

 smooth waters; — at another, open and broad glades of rich and 

 fertile country spread out, covered as with a carpet of ver- 

 dure, varied by clusters and groups of trees, and backed by 

 ranges of mountains, clad from the base to the summit with a 

 vigorous growth of wood. Its now broad and glassy surface, 

 reflecting its steep banks, is soon changed for the narrow and 

 dark passage, almost beneath the craggy summit of some project- 



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