A 
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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 HARDY TREES, 
DECORATIVE ACCOMPANIMENTS TO THE HOUSE AND GROUNDS, 
THE FORMATION OF PIECES OF ARTIFICIAL WATER, FLOWER GARDENS, ETC. 
WITH REMARKS ON 
RURAL ARCHITECTURE. 
Secoutr Htution, 
ENLARGED, REVISED, AND NEWLY ILLUSTRATED. 
By A. J. DOWNING, 
AUTHOR OF DESIGNS FOR COTTAGE RESIDENCES, ETC. 
u Insult not Nature with absurd expense, 
Nor spoil her simple charms by vain pretence ; 
Weigh well the subject, be with caution hold, 
Profuse of genius, not profuse of gold.” 
NEW- YORK & LONDON: 
WILEY 
AND PUTNAM. 
