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• Grove
  in keeping with the recommendations of Langley, whose treatises were owned by Washington. The texts of Langley and Miller exemplify the gradual shift away
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• Walk
  marked by b. Batty Langley, “An Improvement of a beautiful Garden at Twickenham,” in New Principles of Gardening (1728), pl. IX. Batty Langley, One of two “Designs
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• Parterre
  landscape aesthetics in the early 18th century. In 1728, English writer Batty Langley discouraged the use of embroidery, compartiment, or cut-work parterres by
  62 KB (8,610 words) - 10:50, April 6, 2021
• Canal
  Batty Langley, “An Improvement of a beautiful Garden at Twickenham,” in New Principles of Gardening (1728), pl. IX. “Canals X and Z” Batty Langley, One
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• Avenue
  Thaxter-Lincoln House, 18th century. Batty Langley, Garden with a canal, in New Principles of Gardening (1728), pl. IV. Batty Langley, “An Improvement of a beautiful
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• Wilderness
  etc...” Batty Langley, “Design of an Avenue with its Wildernesses on each Side,” in New Principles of Gardening (1728), pl. V. Batty Langley, “Several Designs
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• Terrace/Slope
  provided a transition between the built architecture and the grounds, as Batty Langley, Bernard M'Mahon, John Abercrombie, and A. J. Downing all noted. The terrace
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• Lawn
  Praising the merits of turf had a long tradition in treatise writing. Batty Langley (1728) included several unadorned “parterres of grass” in his designs, noting
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• View/Vista
  fronting the House; the execution of which was prevented by Sir John’s Death.” Langley, Batty, 1728, New Principles of Gardening (1728; repr., 1982: 195) “General
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• Kitchen garden
  Batty Langley, “All the Geometrical Diagrams of the Problems contain'd in the first Part,” in New Principles of Gardening (1728), pl. I. Batty Langley, The
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• Statue
  mentioned the statue as an ornament and set forth varied typologies. Batty Langley (1728), for example, categorized statues according to their arrangement
  60 KB (7,896 words) - 19:37, August 12, 2021
• Mount
  particularly necessary where the Scituation [sic] of a House is on a large Flat.” Langley, Batty, 1728, New Principles of Gardening (1728; repr., 1982: vi–vii, 195–99)
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• Park
  will tell.” Batty Langley, “Design of a Small Garden Situated in a Park,” in New Principles of Gardening (1728), pl. XII. Batty Langley, “Part of a Park
  87 KB (12,484 words) - 13:27, April 12, 2021
• Hedge
  Philbuds and Berberries, to make it still the more compleat and delightful.” Langley, Batty, 1728, New Principles of Gardening (1728: vii–ix, xiii) “Plate III
  88 KB (12,511 words) - 20:49, March 29, 2021
• Labyrinth
  pl. 10. Batty Langley, “Several Designs for Wildernesses and Labyrinths,” in New Principles of Gardening (1728), pl. VII. Batty Langley, “An Improvement
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• Basin
  the overflow of this fountain, or from a filtering drain from the canal.” Langley, Batty, 1728, New Principles of Gardening (1728; repr., 1982: 195–202) “General
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• Temple
  descending from the Chinese temple to the walk which borders the pond.” Batty Langley, “Frontispieces of Trellis Work for the Entrances into Temples of View,
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• Thicket
  either of these conditions to the present one, beautiful as it may be?” Langley, Batty, 1728, New Principles of Gardening (1728; repr., 1982: XIV) We having
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• Meadow
  incorporation of agricultural features into ornamental contexts: Batty Langley (1728) recommended “Little Walks by purling streams in Meadows” as “delightful
  31 KB (4,224 words) - 18:49, August 12, 2021
• Piazza
  wooden post-and-lintel type, to stone-arched piazzas depicted by Batty Langley [Fig. 3] and mentioned in 1839 at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia (view
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