A 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, DIRECTION FOR LAYING OUT GROUNDS AND ARRANGING PLANTATIONS, THE DESCRIPTION AND CULTIVATION OF HARDY TREES, DECORATIVE ACCOMPANIMENTS OF THE HOUSE AND GROUNDS, THE FORMATION OF PIECES OF ARTIFICIAL WATER, FLOWER GARDENS, ETC. WITH REMARKS ON RURAL ARCHITECTURE BY THE LATE A. J. DOWNING, ESQ. A NEW EDITION WITH A SUPPLEMENT, CONTAINING SOME REMARKS ABOUT COUNTRY PLACES, AND THE BEST METHODS OF MAKING THRM; ALSO, AN ACCOUNT OF THE NEWER DECIDUOUS AND EVERGREEN PLANTS, LATELY INTRODUCED INTO CULTIVATION, BOTH HARDY AND HALF-HARDY, AND A SECOND SUPPLEMENT, BRINGING DOWN TO THE TIME OF THE ISSUE OF THIS EDITION (1875), A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE VARIOUS TREES AND SHRUBS WHICH HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED SINCE THE FORMER SUPPLEMENT TO THIS WORK WAS PUBLISHED (IN 1859) BY HENRY WINTHROP SARGENT
