CONTENTS. 
SECTION I. 
HISTORICAL SKETCHES. 
Objects of the art, page 10. The ancient and modern styles, p. 13. 
Their peculiarities, p. 14. Origin of the modern and natural style, p. 20. 
Influence of the English poets and writers, p. 22. Examples of the art 
abroad, p. 27. Landscape Gardening in North America, and examples 
now existing, p. 29. 
SECTION II. 
EEAUTIES OF LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 
Capacities of the art, p. 47. The beauties of the ancient style, p. 48. 
General beauty, and picturesque beauty : their distinctive characteristics : 
with illustrations drawn from nature and painting, p. 49. Nature and 
principles of Landscape Gardening as an imitative art, p. 52. The 
Graceful School, p. 55. The Picturesque School, p. 56. Simple beauty 
of the art, p. 60. The principles of Unity, Harmony, and Variety, p. 61. 
SECTION III. 
WOOD AND PLANTATIONS. 
The beauty of trees in rural embellishments, p. 66. Pleasure result- 
ing from their cultivation, p. 69. Plantations in the ancient style ; their 
formality, p. 70. In the modern style, p. 75. Grouping trees, p. 76. 
Arrangement and grouping in the Graceful school, p. 81. In the Pic- 
