Andrew Jackson Downing Essential Texts

, by Downing, Andrew Jackson; Twombly, Robert

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ISBN: 9780393733594 | 0393733599
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Copyright: 6/18/2012

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Andrew Jackson Downing(18151852), a much-sought-after designer, influential writer, and editor of The Horticulturist, was an internationally known shaper of opinion.Robert Twombly has selected thirty-three essays on Architecture and Building,Landscape Gardening, Parks and Other Public Places, Village Beautification,Horticulture, and Agricultural Education, and provides an introduction toDowning's life and work and suggestions for further reading.

Preface and Acknowledgments	p. 9
Introduction: Architect and Gardener to the Republic	p. 15
Architecture and Building
Remarks on the Fitness of the Different Styles of Architecture for the Construction of Country Residences, and on the Employment of Vases in Garden Scenery (1836)	p. 45
Hints on the Construction of Farm-Houses (1846)	p. 54
The Workingman's Cottage (1846)	p. 59
On Country Houses (1846)	p. 71
Hints to Persons about Building in the Country (1847)	p. 77
On the Color of Country Houses (1847)	p. 104
On the Moral Influence of Good Houses (1848)	p. 115
A Few Words on Our Progress in Building (1851)	p. 121
A Short Chapter on Country Churches (1851)	p. 133
Landscape Gardening
Rural Embellishments (1832)	p. 143
Notes on Belts of Trees in Ornamental Plantations (1842)	p. 149
A Chapter on Lawns (1846)	p. 154
Hints on Flower-Gardens (1847)	p. 163
How to Choose a Site for a Country Seat (1847)	p. 173
How to Arrange Country Places (1850)	p. 181
The Management of Large Country Places (1851)	p. 189
A Chapter on School Houses (1848)	p. 196
Illustrations	p. 203
Parks and Other Public Places
A Talk about Public Parks and Gardens (1848)	p. 213
Public Cemeteries and Public Gardens (1849)	p. 227
The New York Park (1851)	p. 235
Village Beautification
Trees in Towns and Villages (1847)	p. 249
On Planting Shade Trees (1847)	p. 259
On the Improvement of Country Villages (1849)	p. 265
Our Country Villages (1850)	p. 273
Horticulture
Some Remarks on Temperature Considered in Relation to Vegetation and the Naturalization of Plants (1836)	p. 287
Notices on the State and Progress of Horticulture in the United States (1837)	p. 303
Great Horticultural Society of the Valley of the Hudson (1838)	p. 323
Some Remarks on the Superiority of Native Varieties of Fruit (1847)	p. 327
The Influence of Horticulture (1847)	p. 335
American versus British Horticulture (1852)	p. 342
Agricultural Education
The National Ignorance of the Agricultural Interest (1851)	p. 351
A Chapter on Agricultural Schools (1849)	p. 359
Address on Agricultural Education (1851)	p. 368
For Further Reading	p. 383
Index	p. 387
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