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• Bernard M’Mahon
  13, view on Zotero. M’Mahon 1806, 55, view on Zotero. M’Mahon 1806, 56, view on Zotero. M’Mahon 1806, 69, view on Zotero. M’Mahon 1806, 72, view on Zotero
  55 KB (7,248 words) - 19:25, September 21, 2021
• Pleasure ground/Pleasure garden
  Woodlands near Philadelphia (view text), and by treatise writer Bernard M’Mahon, who in the same year referred to the “Pleasure, or Flower-Garden, or P
  58 KB (7,874 words) - 14:42, March 10, 2021
• Thicket
  “coppice” synonymously with “thicket.” American writers such as Bernard M’Mahon (1806) offered similar definitions, describing a thicket as closely planted
  31 KB (4,281 words) - 17:44, February 3, 2021
• Border
  to grow “handsome” or “fragrant” plants, and his 1811 letter to Bernard M’Mahon indicates that he had hoped to grow plants recognized then as “florist’s
  49 KB (6,996 words) - 20:56, March 29, 2021
• Bed
  the 18th century, treatise writers such as Charles Marshall and Bernard M’Mahon dismissed the ancient style of flower gardens and its predilection for beds
  85 KB (12,270 words) - 16:58, April 5, 2021
• Parterre
  that had been featured in the 17th and 18th centuries. Moreover, Bernard M’Mahon (1806) argued that the parterre, displaced by the lawn from its position
  62 KB (8,610 words) - 10:50, April 6, 2021
• Modern style/Natural style
  authority marked aesthetic argument well into the 19th century. In 1806 Bernard M’Mahon stated that the modern style of gardening had overtaken the ancient, which
  40 KB (5,463 words) - 12:45, February 18, 2021
• Hothouse
  were used synonymously and interchangeably with “conservatory.” Bernard M’Mahon (1806) wrote that the difference between a greenhouse and hothouse was that
  51 KB (7,192 words) - 18:15, August 10, 2021
• Bower
  was shared by M’Mahon (1806). An important difference, however, marks M’Mahon’s and Downing’s references to constructed bowers. M’Mahon argued that such
  29 KB (3,841 words) - 13:35, March 29, 2021
• Prospect
  repeatedly praised “commanding prospects” and “extensive views.” Bernard M’Mahon noted in 1806 the “air of grandeur. . . of a full prospect from and to the
  57 KB (7,849 words) - 15:06, August 13, 2021
• Labyrinth
  by Johnson and other garden writers (such as Philip Miller and Bernard M’Mahon) were the distinguishing feature of labyrinths. This characteristic was
  35 KB (4,352 words) - 09:47, March 4, 2021
• Grove
  by Noah Webster’s definition of 1828. American gardeners such as Bernard M’Mahon (1806) realized the potential of indigenous vegetation and simply thinned
  80 KB (11,541 words) - 13:25, April 12, 2021
• Alcove
  Eliza Caroline Burgwin Clitherall (active 1801) (view text) and Bernard M’Mahon (1806) (view text) both explained. Alcoves, situated at the end of long
  13 KB (1,538 words) - 10:29, February 4, 2021
• Avenue
  or path, and road, street, and walk) was their relative size. Bernard M’Mahon noted in his 1806 treatise that avenues in gardens require “some spacious
  89 KB (11,855 words) - 18:59, August 10, 2021
• Hermitage
  natural feature such as a cave, or a “hollow tree,” according to Bernard M’Mahon (1806) and John Abercrombie and James Mean (1817). In order to enhance the
  21 KB (2,795 words) - 15:21, November 12, 2020
• Bridge
  the exotic allure of China. William and John Halfpenny (1755) and Bernard M’Mahon (1806) articulated the “romantic and pleasing effect” of Chinese-style garden
  36 KB (4,966 words) - 14:26, September 1, 2021
• Plantation
  landscape gardening. Early 19th-century American treatise writer Bernard M’Mahon (1806) likewise insisted upon the inclusion of plantations in designs for
  67 KB (9,385 words) - 19:03, February 3, 2021
• Wilderness
  persisted in early 19th-century American horticultural manuals. Bernard M’Mahon (1806), for example, emphasized winding walks framed by closely planted
  40 KB (5,678 words) - 17:24, August 19, 2021
• Kitchen garden
  than their less-protected counterparts, but also, as mentioned by Bernard M’Mahon (1806), their shelter created microclimates for the growth of smaller plants
  61 KB (8,699 words) - 13:31, April 12, 2021
• Grotto
  Grottoes were sited at the termination of walks, as recommended by Bernard M’Mahon (view text), or in secluded parts of the garden as were the grottoes at
  29 KB (3,925 words) - 16:49, March 29, 2021

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