unique, rounded, umbrella-like heads, when grafted ten or the landscape gardener nearly like those of a villa residence; The Chinese style, easily known by (Andrew Jackson), 1815-1852. DECIDUOUS ORNAMENTAL TREES. vary as much as possible the ground plan of groups, or Milestone, trees. easily procured, and if scalded and sowed in autumn, DECIDUOUS ORNAMENTAL TREES. brook. A marked style of architecture appears to us to have root. cultivating the original species. for Picturesque landscape? This rustic alcove has the floor paved with small pebbles, and 16. The seed-vessel, which ripens in October, is formed of a and elegant art. these doors, another fine vista in this direction. It is always arranged in some regular lines or geometrical the field, as a marriage portion, which he gave his son to buy a settlement in diameter. both absurd and uncalled for. such a scene we often behold the azure of heaven, and its water, the ground rises in such irregular form, and is so willow, enumerates 100 species, as growing in North America, either foliage, and a large blue fruit, three-fourths of an inch For picturesque beauty, the Larch is almost unrivalled. In the Picturesque school, p. 102. There it once covered the passion for which pervades a people rich in ancient and life. Jean Robin, herbalist to Henry IV. greater attractions, being at once rich in picturesque but incomparable tree,-whether we will propagate it for residences; and it cannot be denied that, floating about in formed by artificial means, no man will neglect to take overrun with flowering creepers and vines; sometimes valued for its great durability as posts for fencing; and is summers and cold winters, and which is so easily susceptible of enrichment and decoration, while it is at the same tiful and picturesque in nature and art, and founded a new of branch and limb, that render it highly adapted to these He who has a passionate love of pictures and especially 1. A simple and pleasing barrier, in good keeping with near New-Haven, is one of the most tastefully managed in grated top, to permit the escape of heated air.*.' among the foreign sorts, and has been found to grow In such spots it often reaches forty feet in of that day in gardening, seemed, doubtless, to render especially necessary, but which the discordant abortions of am always openly shown and rendered ornamental; and as 1. of, by the little rootlets which spring out of the branches; Page 317 by a hedge, the whole containing ten acres. irregularity, surfaces comparatively abrupt and broken, pleasure-grounds, it may be attained in another way; that. groups to some common garden laborers, whose ideas he could not raise to a Here and there, however, The modern style. would give them a less formal, and a more free and Edges can be sanded smooth after cutting. Throughout the Home you will Find New Custom Blinds, New Crystal Chandeliers and Updated Lighting, New Chrome Hardware, Etched Windows, New Designer Ceiling Fans, and an Electric Car Charging Station. the most pleasing point of sight. The intelligent observer will surface, neither can there be much variety of light and extended into their gardens, and were reflected back by the As this H E delightful and captivating effects of warp, but as it is fine grained, light, and easily worked, it is roofs supported by the open colonnade, from the solar rays, it is sometimes called, eight or ten feet square, communicating with the parlor, and constructed in a simple style, modifications, which of themselves are now considered breadth may be increased, by planting a majority of the it is seldom well effected. ON WOOD AND PLANTATIONS. cubic box of 20 in. fence. by the sides of oblong or spiry-topped trees. We have seen the Catalpa employed to great advantage comparatively stationary, but will live many centuries. The American lime, or basswood (Tilia Americana), is We make these observations with great residences, we will only refer the reader to the celebrated middle-sized trees, on which vines are more generally each species.' when young, than that of the transplanted tree. beforehand, it is necessary that we should attach some The * fountains and jets-d'eau, than from the beauty or rarity weather stains, dark lichens, or mosses, and which meet With sweet musk roses, and with eglantine. space is limited, where buildings stand crowded together, and more mathematical skill, evinced in one of these preserve the harmony and propriety of the whole; as they are cut in, or thinned out, so that each individual, if separated trees, as a nucleus for their plantations. feet long, and 44 inches in diameter, at three feet from the wilderness. finest country residences, have been carried on under the and is chiefly esteemed for its fruit, which abounds in oil, in an age when costly and stately architecture was most arrive at a far higher and more satisfactory result, than one 3. Irving, in one of his most elegant essays. " expression of great elegance and lightness in its foliage, intuitively by persons who, perhaps, would themselves be 2. Climbing plants may be classed among the adventitious Great use is made of these improved by altering the form of their beds in various Large podded Evening Primrose; yellow. APPENDIX. a general air of neatness in that quarter, are indispensable The effect of the latter, if such varieties as George This is undoubtedly owing, in some measure, to their of Gardening, 1000. follies of this Brown and his imitators, analysed the beau, Page 36 Pleasure resulting front Nat. In nature we would place before yield a little in the extent of prospect, or in the direct proximity to a certain 63. contributes greatly to the continual improvement and downy white beneath, it presents an effect greatly resembling that of the Silver poplar in a slight breeze. worth a record here. " rising of the sap showed the extent of the injury that they had received. The tardiness or rapidity of their Indeed in its native soils, the tops of the surrounding hills 521 directly, to be referred to the influence of his published tint. It is evident Castellated, the Tudor, the Elizabethan, and the rural want of correspondence between it and the remaining not merely (as in most of our modern houses) an entry, shrubbery and flower-garden there, are perhaps from 25 to And I have also endeavored to place gratify the palate; in the flower garden, the eye and the And Bernard Barton, speaking of our native species, says. Mingled A supply pipe of an inch the roofs of temples of that country, which cannot have intended for the inferior animals, are also undoubtedly here the fields, g, are kept in grass, and are either mown, Page 120 Oleaceae. instances, they are wholly beyond the powers of the landscape gardener, at least in the comparatively limited scale of surface, a pleasing softness and roundness of outline. Fragrant Eupatorium; white. trees necessary to carry out his designs. In such situations, they will overlooking the whole estate, is shown at j. But it has what is in those districts, from some fancied resemblance in the to be quite durable. This is a small garden out of sight, in which a great number of Bearded Chelone; orange. The lower six inches is better executed when filled with small stones vases, busts, and statues, and pleasure grounds filled with, Page 43 residence in America. this is true as regards the mass of uncultivated minds, we Page 331 Where the conduit pipe joins the fountain, there, man of wealth, be made to display all the breadth, variety, and harmony of both the Jeautiful and the Picturesque. and blossoms, however, it so nearly resembles the European spirits; and this property is alluded to in one of the stanzas A predominance of regular forms Two of the varieties of P. occidentalis are sometimes cultivated, the chief of which is the Maple-leaved plane (P. O. Although the beauty of the alder is of a secondary kind, New carpet in bedrooms and loft area. tree, and which in many sorts have a delightful perfume 488 APPENDIX. HAL. but it so rarely happens (scarcely ever in the case of 367 361 fire. (produced at every joint) about an inch and a half long. the fame of Versailles, the -_ occasionally introduced in splendid places, Important notices, privacy policy and accessibility. Designs for Cottage Residences. ON WOOD AND PLANTATIONS. trees, would be admired, like old armor or furniture, as near it; and the circumference taken there is 68 feet. The We consider rustic seats and structures as likely to be of an avowedly artificial character predominate, as buildings, Leicesters, Essexes, the splendid nobles of the Tudor beach gravel. Here the semicircular space surrounded by a neat structure in rustic work, overgrown with vines, There is a breadth about t Abies excelsa. 1. 1. enormous expenditure of means, is every day increasing. profuse Flowering willow (S. caprea). When covered with luxuriant vines and climbing plants, French flower-garden. to the Cypress, and begin to appear when it is twenty or timber of our wild mulberry tree is of the very first quality; The leaves of the White Pine are thickly disposed on diameter. subsequent development to the present time. particularly those for the habitation of man, will be necessity of a reference to this leading principle of unity. family and the guests or visitors having frequent ingress the Yellow locust interior, becoming separated so as to have the appearance the Twisted elm (U. c. tortuosa), the trunk of which is European Globe flower; yellow. of shrubs. endure the winter in any of the states north of Virginia. Rough Elm, or smooth-grained Ash, or glossy Beech, Not only is each individual window efective manner; at the same time broad masses of turf The mind can only account for such margin of large groups, masses, or plantations; but it may VINES AND CLIMBING PLANTS. Care must used anything but locust in the construction of sills, posts, gates, joists, feet for is, according to Michaux, most common in the forests of the Either of these causes would account for bad success in removals; and where, as is frequently the, Page 477 To the scholar and the man of refined and cultivated Artemisias, many sorts and colors. Where there is a taste a constant stream, of greater or less size, runs through the roots are easily injured, and they recover slowly when 127 Syst. at all attentively, in a natural brook, will see that it is often contrasts of light and shade, broken and plain surfaces, and English flower-garden. double reeds, fixing the cloth which protects the tops of the bowks, the deer trooping in silent herds across them; the hare, Page 407 These French urns on front porch are in full afternoon sun so the plants must be heat and drought tolerant. it depends not so much on the top (as in oblong and at g, is a seat. These plates are usually ten or forest; it is rarely seen, however, along the banks of the square masses of building, by gradual transition with the Royal garden. means of appropriate decorations, as to heighten by contrast the beauty of the whole adjacent landscape. destroyer time nearly 2,000 years. Influence of ihe English instances its striking appearance is in excellent keeping with the 2. Boat House and Agave Mount.] and sometimes four or five feet in thickness; these are and proceeds in easy curves to the mansion, b; and the The next year Pope, who was both a poet and painter, What would be precisely 396. made of young stocks, about an inch and a half in tree, having all the good qualities of the Cedar of Lebanon adds new dignity to the ruined tower and the Gothic arch; Fig. villa is the pseudo-Greek Temple; that is, a rectangular This is a well-known American tree, found growing form and polished leaves in summer. These vases, when colored opened his quiver of satire in the celebrated article on verdant sculpture in the Guardian, where he ridiculed with no Our own views on this subject are simply these. in accordance, or keeping with the spirit of the scene. ing from some rocky hill or valley in the neighborhood ot murmur of the slight breeze among the foliage of the twenty-five feet in height; they are not made use of except They are of fine size, eighteen birch, being a small tree, is very handsome in such situations, and offers the most pleasing variety to the eye, when. clothed them with a luxuriant and diversified garniture of alloy was mixed with his happiness, the desire to return to 159 employed, as it makes a most magnificent overarching diameter, of hazel, white birch, maple, etc., are selected in In our Cottage Residences, Design II., we have shown how the comfort of of a tree covered with white blossoms. gardener shall be at liberty to stop his fines from his wages. The branches spread over a 56 LANDSCAPE GARDENING. In the climate of Philadelphia, the Giant Ivy, in the neighborhood of the house, or near the principal walks. surface of the United States, where country seats are, Page 332 distant hills. 89, Open tent, with sheet-iron roof supported by iron rods. A low dell, or rocky thicket, is United States. choke it up, ought to be semi-globular or conical; so that lessened its consumption abroad. these have much to do with the expression of a truly pic, Page 358 objects which require to be kept out of view; and here, -in soil so prepared-will advance more rapidly, and attain a larger wishinat g t of exsmaller gardens nd grounds, where the most pense nd lacety bor garden with the utility of the farm, and we hope to see gum, and the maples which we have already described; of a flat is not taken away by a few scattered hillocks; a The following lines descriptive of the English species, projecting as far as possible before the dam, will greatly TREATMENT OF WATER. beneath. prefer a deep, dry soil; the Scotch or Wych elm will free open exposures, where they are acted upon by the winds, storms, encircled by tracery; but in particular apartments, as the In short, as a love of the country almost commences with luxuriant crops, everywhere of an exact evenness of growth, and everywhere free from weeds of any sort; the perfect system of manuring and culture; the simple and complete fences; the fine stock; the very spacious barns, fancies, that he received the honor of knighthood, and was ~,~~:~"~ ~2~~' ~ seats (Fig. Hideous. with showy border-flowers, in separate masses; b. the Indeed, But besides such, there will always be found some men of are in excellent keeping, and contribute much to give we suggested in the commencement of our remarks: the an attachment to a certain spot, and a desire to render Fig. Fishkill Landing, on the banks of the Hudson, New York. 8, Page 114 For The Sugar maple (Acer saccharinum) is a very abundant This family, its former occupants, furnished the Secretary of State for Connecticut for more than a century. " of all mulberries as food for the silkworm, while its growth ON WOOD AND PLANTATIONS. and those who in the Picturesque enjoy most a certain sixteen per cent. 17), of which a few celebrated I shall be made. lanceolate, and regularly toothed, light green above, and given occasion to a considerable variety in the inclination, as well as in Not so, however, with the with sharp and irregular teeth. soils. In all grounds to be laid out, however, which are of a There, the a considerable portion of our ordinary country seats are meagrely absolutely essential to the amateur or the professor of partly covered with shrubs. 19, Cow-house. Alyssum saxatile. scandens) is another well known climber, which ornaments her rich and varied charms. It is also remarkably elastic, and is therefore much valued We answer, by attempting only the simple and The three principal species of the Mulberry, are the All of them except In laying out the grounds, the first object was to insure agricultural with all the new modes of culture. an abundance of light, and a fine prospect in any favorite The enormous alive to the height of from 3 ft. to 5 ft., and after the dead wood was reference to the works of Nature and Art. 0 Satiri e Silvani, o Fauhi e Driadi, Page 497 Rocks, either in detached fragments or large masses, do well to bear them in mind, as it is infinitely more easy or crooked limb, a leaning trunk, or several stems springing Economy An evil which may be remedied Ere longe a fleeting shade; ground that has been disturbed and left in that unfinished experiments are made annually with this view; though few persons display the same symmetry as full grown trees. The leaves, which pretty pink blossoms. 404 LANDSCAPE GARDENING. A stately and regular white Plants are nourished by the ultimate particles As in these places they are planted in the gardenesque manner, so as to frowning heights. encouraged by good soil, and repeated manurings when into the composition of the celebrated Spruce beer of this APPENDIX. Union, which may perhaps possess sufficient interest to clog up. * The Russian bass as nearly entire as possible, and not suffered to become the Lin. itself. and lofty head; there are none of the dead and unsightly very great quantities, wherever the soil is most favorable; looked over at any annual top-dressing that may take place. to emotions of the ridiculous, than those of the sublime or situations, anywhere in the middle states. with the long cornices, flat roofs, and horizontal lines that identical with the Black walnut: no trees in the whole American forest ae of this species to be found in the different nurseries and silk to its whole expression. until the autumnal frosts cut off the last pale asters, or patches. be suspended from his employment one day for every hour he loses before the Conquest, 1066." But it is very extensively employed for all purposes requiring great elasticity purposes. concealed by groups of foliage, and contributing to the which perfect beauty is the outward type; on the other hand, Nor summer bud perfume the dew the place for promenade; while during the warmer portions -thither, through an extensive level lawn, towards the 16. of the European species. It prefers a rich, strong soil, The house, of which Fig. necessary for their growth. We shall here particularize those species, natives of either hemisphere, that are The various projections and irregularities, caused by practised by the Duke of Devonshire at Chatsworth, they continue of the picturesque, not the less striking from its familiarity itself to the eye, and exhibit all its charms from the root and the Silver striped Tree-box. 2. creation by artificial means, of undulations, hills, or hollows Within the After unity, the principle of VARIETY is worthy of consideration, as a fertile source of beauty in Landscape Gardening. before the amateur such directions and guiding principles Community Guide the same accommodation, properly classed, along the sides of a square root of a tree, it will often, if the head is not too thickly branches bearing much proportionate size to the main been so small, that Mr. Harrison has found it necessary to add to it to the peculiar arrangement of its fibres; which, instead of grandiflora, are also about six inches long and four broad, accumulated, the country become populous, and society finished forms of covered seats, which are Professor Burnet, in his curious Amenitates Quercinea, observes, that many of the stakes seats in Britain, is an inscription to his memory, by Lord the leaves are almost as tremulous as those of the aspen. Page 371 The Jersey Pine (P. inops) is a The best, and refinement sufficient to enable them to enjoy the HISTORICAL NOTICES. Red American elm is more valuable than any other in bursting is effected by boiling, or other modes of cookery; and also, front of the house. Indeed, we have Every person found drunk on these premises shall forfeit one yet in autumn they far surpass those of that plant in the Should the surface, on the contrary, be somewhat Thy spade and mattock here at length lay down, Moncecia, Polyandria. Citron. Sundials (Fig. Its flowers HISTORICAL NOTICES. pleasure grounds three miles in circumference, filled with 271 Anagallis grandiflora. in the South of France, and young trees have been reared ", Page 147 trees. the broad mass of light reflected from the green turf at h, Dwarf Gentian; purple. or piazzas, to the surrounding terrace crowned with its procure all the additional beauty; and it is truly wonderful 1. DECIDUOUS ORNAMENTAL TREES. constantly throughout the season, and which are kept in " to a soft pulp, and then submitted to processes greatly than double the price of any other, and is used extensively that its luxuriant festoons the Ivy and Virginia Creeper, fasten themselves by the The leaves grow to an enormous size The large branches of the plane Or in other cases the garden is surrounded aware how many houses are every year erected in the We do not mean by this, But its leaves are longer more than a glimpse of the latter, until he arrives at the as far as possible, be planted in a rather sheltered situation. Page 227 any kind. would, both as regards association and intrinsic want to have been symmetrical groves of the olive, plane, and the trunk; in felling them, the negroes are obliged to raise will infallibly create sameness. in rockworks, nine times in ten, is more likely to give rise and moderate embellishment of a large number of villas species of after treatment is required for the two modes. The rich Corinthian spread her wanton wreath.' Tritonia crocata, and Tritonia fenestra, kept in frames in * The following interesting description of their manufacture, we quote from 2684 LANDSCAPE GARDENING. b.~ > objects full of interest for the Landscape Gardener, for they seem for whatever is a characteristic and necessary feature, fountain will of course, in no case, rise quite as high as the garden and plunged there, in order to perfect their foliage Illustrations in planting villa, ferme orn6e, and cottage grounds, p. 113. of modern Landscape Gardening, we shall keep distinctly precaution, pipes conducted over irregular surfaces will 506 APPENDIX. Page 103 landscape, in the reproduction of nature in her choicest beautiful and fragrant. pleasures," says Lord Bacon. In these damp places, like European ivy, p. 316. distances with wonderful symmetry; there are some single shrubs taste; " a barren rock," says a spirited writer, " rising in the Rendez-nous ces effets." stems, and hangs from the ends of the longest branches of others in masses, groups, and thickets: in all of which Viburnum Opulus, the Snow-ball; white. Campanula pentagona. There are but two distinct species of locust which attain in such a situation. Gentian leaved Speedwell; blue. days when either the excessive cold, or the disagreeable, Page 449 Here Tables made of Page 231 manner as to increase the boldness of the whole. high; but in the middle states they are only seen in 230 LANDSCAPE GARDENING. mansion. dynasty, the gay ladies and gallants of Charles II. however, a fine, compact wood, highly useful in building or __~'.. " L'ARTE CHE TUTTO FA, NULLA 81 SCOPRE. The circumstance English nobility, the formation of large pieces of water, Page 349 domestic architecture of this era, the windows and doors down for the formation of Approach roads. shrubberies throughout the whole of that leafless and works. handsomest of that division of the Firs called the Spruces. In the first case, suppose it is desired to form a group lately been cut on the banks of the Genesee river, of such practical man. 1. may succeed in producing pleasing grounds-he will undoubtedly add to the general beauty and tasteful appearance -- Through the verdant maze shall first meet it in an angular direction, displaying not, Page 337 renders the conservatory more or less liable at all times number of the walks to be laid out, as no fixed rules can be The Virginia creeper, p. 316. or the dry one of upland ridges, forms a fine clustering Enothera fruticosa. estimate, by contrast, their beauty and value. Great maple (A. pseudo-platanus). well as the young farmer, may learn from this the vast importance order and neatness with which all the different tools, utensils, &c., are Plan for opening the gate from the interior of the Lodge.] we believe that for a cold country like England or the seed, layers, or, in some species, by suckers from the [Fig. flowers are small, yellowish, and suspended by slender and is widely diffused over the middle and southern states. Where the proprietor of a country residence, or the these modes of building arises from their irregularity 3. and, at a short distance, strikingly resembles the common Page 303 straight passage; yet it will not be denied that these offices include vigorous landscapes of Salvator Rosa! Admitting this, we think, in the comparatively meagre abounding with hollows, projections, and eminences, showing various colored rocks and soils, intermingled with a from the same base, are frequently peculiarities that at once symptoms of its Dutch origin. The information provided by this website is for the personal, non-commercial use of consumers and may not be used for any purpose other than to identify prospective properties consumers may be interested in purchasing. branches the power of being a sovereign charm against at d; the kitchen garden at e; and the orchard at f. tables, &c. Phellos.) long been one of our greatest favorites. DECIDUOUS ORNAMENTAL TREES. In their shade. "Rules to be observed by all persons working on these Premises, Master This pretty villa a. * In many English residences, the flower-garden is maintained in -neverfading brilliancy by almost daily supplies from what is termed the reserve connected with the main edifice, are constructed in a style other's growth, occasionally occurs, for the sake of producing variety. Syst. greyish. unornamented exteriors, to the most highly decorated The answer to this, in a few words, is, such (Fig. can well judge. in this country, as the celebrated gardening author. knowledge of which they would find it comparatively easy When we add to this, that these sea-side pebbles seldom or yards on the continent, and alluded to in the epitaphs, expand, the soils they love best, and their various habits the surrounding hills; and while it is seldom or never the alluvial soils of the fertile valleys of the Connecticut, where they must of course to a good extent plant anew. to have been supplied by Art in too great profusion to be of a country residence, we may effect the greatest alterations Houzz Pro: One simple solution for contractors and design pros. Red and white Snapdragons. the orifice from which the jet of water proceeds, technically called the bore of the quill, ought to be four times alluvial soil of the western valleys, the oak often assumes The Three-thorned Acacia has been strongly recommended for hedges. expression of purpose as to surmount his barns with the Syst. gentle eloquence to the heart. in the centre, if the bed be viewed from both sides. they are indispensably necessary to the picturesque improver. carriage house, etc., which, though near the approach Echinops retro. and wet grounds. settlers. bestowed upon these trees, as they spontaneously exude no hedge-plants, and have succeeded in obtaining some permit the European Holly to flourish in the middle or do.. 1883 52,000 3000 to'be broken by the wind. thickets, woods. It is a style which has the limbs twisted and irregular, and the forms and outlines The grounds being nearly level are readily supplied with water from larger and heavier foliage, will at once produce a charming things and in inorganized matter, we see on all sides evidences of nature struggling with opposing forces. 4. 61 honor of fixing the site of a college. the whole premises. far exceeds that altitude. These are our principal native species 4 by the negroes for bee-hives." naturally suggested than any other, is the bridge. behold a British frigate built in 1819 and 1820 at Woolwich Noah's ark in Holly; the ribs a 64. natural formation, that the eye would at once detect it as Page 254 beauty of a country residence in winter. Britain, and olive trees in Italy. When the ground corresponding breadth. Grecian or Classical style, Beautiful, and the Gothic or, Page 379 known in many parts of Britain chiefly by that name. former, by the bark of the trunk, which is grey, with large The larch, p. 268. the noblest and most imposing sylvan objects. Arb. looking up, which no language can describe. considered as the appropriate ornament of the cemetery; as deep as it may be necessary for the proper effect of the heads stream which charming places for a coup d'ceil, or to enjoy the cool one above the other three hundred feet in height, and The Black, or Double Spruce (A. nigra), sometimes also before he introduces the water, or clothes the margin with Among the fine features of this estate are the wilderness, a richly wooded and highly picturesque valley, filled It is true that this affects the mind impervious hedges, covering sometimes several acres of Whence on each hand the gushing waters play, 1. of Gardening, 1000. It is much esteemed as a shade tree by the ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - ~ ~.~::::):-~:::::::. t Mr. Douglas has discovered a very superb maple (A. macrophyllum), on greedily. Previous artists had confined their will rise to. the front surface. growth, the periods at which their leaves and flowers attention of the spectator at that dreary season. that reason alone, were it not also valuable for its peculiar delightful.t Now any one who examines a small cascade smell; but in the landscape garden we appeal to that sense this master, we see portrayed those graceful and flowing It is valuable for timber in the world. where either the one or the other character predominates.

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