{"product_id":"a-treatise-on-the-theory-and-practice-of-landscape-gardening-with-a-view-to-the-improvement-of-country-residences-comprising-historical-notices-and-general-principles-of-the-art-paperback-9781108083294","title":"A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening; With a View to the Improvement of Country Residences, Comprising Historical Notices and General Principles of the Art (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108083294","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eWith a View to the Improvement of Country Residences, Comprising Historical Notices and General Principles of the Art\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis 1849 book on landscape gardening aims to provide the prosperous east-coast dweller with a guide to beautifying his surroundings.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAndrew Jackson Downing (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108083294, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 22 November 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e570 pages, 113 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.6 x 15.3 x 3.9 cm, 0.7 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis 1841 work by the American landscape designer and writer Andrew Jackson Downing (1815–52), reissued here in its 1849 fourth edition, was the first such book published in the United States. Downing, the son of a nurseryman, saw that a 'taste for rural improvements of every description is advancing silently, but with great rapidity in this country', and he aims to provide the prosperous east-coast dweller with a guide to beautifying his surroundings. The emphasis is on landscape and overall effects rather than the minutiae of gardening, with chapters on plantations, specimen trees, and the construction of walks, water features, and other architectural elements. Downing went on to edit The Horticulturist magazine and to work on significant landscape projects, including the grounds of the White House and the surroundings of the Smithsonian Institution, before he was tragically killed, aged only 36, in an explosion on a river steamer.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface to the fourth edition\u003cbr\u003e 1. Historical sketches\u003cbr\u003e 2. Beauties of landscape gardening\u003cbr\u003e 3. Wood and plantations\u003cbr\u003e 4. Deciduous ornamental trees\u003cbr\u003e 5. Evergreen ornamental trees\u003cbr\u003e 6. Vines and climbing parts\u003cbr\u003e 7. Treatment of ground\u003cbr\u003e 8. Treatment of water\u003cbr\u003e 9. Landscape of rural architecture\u003cbr\u003e 10. Embellishments, architectural, rustic, and floral\u003cbr\u003e Appendix.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Environmental management [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Environmental management\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Environmental%20management%20%5BRNF%5D%22\"\u003eRNF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266214711576,"sku":"9781108083294","price":36.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108083294i_f06d8353-af28-4fd6-8e59-aa721c5357ca.jpg?v=1696751856","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-treatise-on-the-theory-and-practice-of-landscape-gardening-with-a-view-to-the-improvement-of-country-residences-comprising-historical-notices-and-general-principles-of-the-art-paperback-9781108083294","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}