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Book: A treatise on the theory and practice of landscape gardening, adapted to North America,1841
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Section 3 Woods and plantations

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SECTION III. WOOD AND PLANTATIONS. The beauty of trees in rural embellishments, p. 85. Pleasure resulting from their cultivation, p. 88. Plantations in the ancient style; their formality, p. 89. In the modem style, p. 94. Grouping trees, p. 95. Arrangement and grouping in the Graceful school, p. 101. In the Picturesque school, p. 102. Illustrations in planting villa, ferme ornee, and cottage grounds, p. 113. General classification of trees as to forms, with leading characteristics of each class, p. 123.