Landscape-Gardening

Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)

an art disposition of " Swannery "Swann which deals with the of ground, water, buildings, trees and other ( 1869); (1869) plants which go to the composition of the Lions the Lio ment, verdant landscape. Such in broad dment, a it died in died in sense is the definition of the art; for it may be employed to create a beautiful LANDSEER LANDSE above, had above, and harmonious scene where only nature of subjects of sub in barren wilderness reigned before, or to merely improve and adapt existing poetry. poetry. g 1845 natural beauties and resources to the 1845, and ne 1851. 1851. requirements of taste and convenience. ed brother Landscape-gardening has been practiced and brother made; and m from the earliest dawn of civilization, brother's brother but little of a reliable kind is known 11 1852), of the style or features of the gardens 1852), ns He was He was of the Jews, the Phoenicians, Assyrians, Acaden or even those of the ancient Greeks. Academy Hshed The Romans introduced landscape-gardening into Britain; but the art was LAND'S LAN ed of Eng lost when the country was abandoned of England it of Cor by them to the Saxons. As, however, it of Cornwall had meantime been fostered in France, washed ce, washed it was probably reintroduced by the 10 Normans. Henry I., according to Henry LANDSHUT LAN y of Huntingdon, had a park (habitationem esque town mesque Isar, 44 ferarum) at Woodstock. William Kent at Isar, 44 (1684-1748) and Lancelot Brown (1715has breweries br 5- has bre wagons, 1783), better known as "Capability Ey wagonS Brown," may be considered as the in corn. te in corn founders of modern English landscapetin's ( 1477 e-tin's (1 The castle gardening. The American Society of of The partially Landscape Architects was founded in In partiall Dominican 1899, which awarded the first degree in in Domini seat of the 1901. There are now (1920) a number er seat of ty Years ' of institutions in different parts of the me ty Yea trian United States that award degrees for or trian times proficiency in the art. times ca the Austrians the Aus but were