Landscape Gardening: Or, Parks and Pleasure Grounds ; with Practical Notes on Country Residences, Villas, Public Parks and Gardens |
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Page 2 - Or Practical Notes on Country Residences, Villas, Public Parks, and Gardens. By CHARLES HJ SMITH, Landscape Gardener and Garden Architect, etc., etc. I2mo. .... $2.00 SMITH. — The Dyer's Instructor: Comprising Practical Instructions in the Art of Dyeing Silk, Cotton, Wool, and Worsted, and Woolen Goods ; containing nearly 800 Receipts.
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Page vii - ... method of statement, to be intelligible to all who have had an ordinary education, and to give directions which, it is hoped, will be found to be practical by those who have an adequate knowledge of country affairs. The author earnestly disclaims all intention of detracting from the acknowledged merits of his illustrious predecessors. He. has been willing to sit at the feet of Wheatley, Price, and Gilpin. He has learned much from their writings. His aim, in this volume, has been to popularize...
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Page vii - ... general knowledge of the principles of Landscape Gardening. The object of the present work is to preserve a plain and direct method of statement to be intelligible to all who have had an ordinary education, and to give...
Page vi - The author, while engaged In his profession for the last eighteen years, has often been requested to recommend a book which might enable persons to acquire some general knowledge of the principles of Landscape Gardening. The object of the present work is to preserve a plain and direct method of statement to be intelligible to...
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