Search results

• Pond
  See also: Basin, Bridge, Lake The terms pond, lake, and, to a lesser extent, “pool,” were used to describe still-water features in garden settings in American
  60 KB (8,442 words) - 13:41, April 12, 2021
• Lake
  William Bartram, for instance, used the terms “lake” and “pond” interchangeably when describing Lake George, Georgia, in 1791. Nehemiah Cleaveland, in
  21 KB (2,936 words) - 13:56, March 16, 2021
• J. C. (John Claudius) Loudon
  Gate/Gateway, Geometric style, Grotto, Hedge, Hothouse, Icehouse, Kitchen garden, Lake, Landscape gardening, Lawn, Modern style/Natural style, Mound, Mount, Orangery
  35 KB (4,313 words) - 14:41, September 21, 2021
• William Bartram
  plain, or an artificial pond or lake. A remarkable example occurs at Mount Royal, from whence opens a glorious view of Lake George and its environs. “Fig
  42 KB (5,973 words) - 20:00, September 8, 2021
• Avenue
  William, 1791, describing Lake George, GA (1928: 101, 104) “From this place we enjoyed a most enchanting prospect of the great Lake George, through a grand
  89 KB (11,855 words) - 18:59, August 10, 2021
• Noah Webster
  Language (2: n.p.) “LAKE, n. [G. lache, a puddle; Fr. lac; L. lacus; Sp. It. lago; Sax. luh; Scot. loch; Ir. lough; Ice. laugh. A lake is a stand of water
  55 KB (8,122 words) - 21:48, October 5, 2021
• Terrace/Slope
  erection on the south side of Lake Ontario, in the city of Oswego. . . On the north side which commands a full view of the lake, a balustrade gallery, or terrace
  72 KB (10,105 words) - 19:45, August 10, 2021
• Mount
  surrounding groves.” Bartram, William, 1791, describing an island off of Lake George, GA (1928: 104) “On the site of this ancient town, stands a very pompous
  21 KB (2,805 words) - 16:21, April 1, 2021
• Montgomery Place
  wonders to the lovers of the picturesque. . . . “THE LAKE “. . . . The peninsula, on the north of the lake, is carpeted with the dry leaves of the thick cedars
  68 KB (8,891 words) - 18:36, August 24, 2021
• Temple
  temple,” published in the Horticulturist in 1847, is shown at the edge of the lake at Montgomery Place in Dutchess County, New York [see Fig. 10]. With this
  44 KB (5,866 words) - 14:29, April 1, 2021
• Bridge
  recommended bridges as a means to create the illusion that a pond was a river or lake, visually amplifying the extent of the property. Although American garden
  36 KB (4,966 words) - 14:26, September 1, 2021
• Jet
  (Jet d’eau, Jet of water) See also: Basin, Fountain, Lake The term jet (used both in its French form jet d’eau and its English translation “jet of water”)
  23 KB (3,268 words) - 13:19, April 12, 2021
• Vase/Urn
  George P. Morris)," in Nathaniel Parker Willis, American Scenery; or, Land, Lake and River Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature (1840), vol. 2, pl. 11. Anonymous
  39 KB (5,376 words) - 19:23, August 12, 2021
• Ancient style
  garden, mid-18th century. Robert Castell, “Tuscum,” plan of Pliny’s villa near Lake Como, Italy, in The Villas of the Ancients Illustrated (1729), pl. after
  33 KB (4,411 words) - 11:25, March 15, 2021
• Summerhouse
  12) “It [the path] then gradually passes down the north extremity of the lake, where it unites with other paths, at a white picturesque building, overshadowed
  54 KB (7,141 words) - 13:18, April 12, 2021
• Frances Palmer
  Sylvan Lake, Greenwood Cemetery shows a woman and young child taking in a picturesque view of one of the cemetery’s placid, tree-lined lakes [Fig. 5]
  20 KB (2,484 words) - 13:40, September 27, 2021
• Mound
  plain, or an artificial pond or lake. A remarkable example occurs at Mount Royal, from whence opens a glorious view of Lake George and its environs. “Fig
  20 KB (2,747 words) - 13:08, March 16, 2021
• Seat
  built round the trunk of an aged pine. . . “This part of the grounds [the lake] is seen to the most advantage, either toward evening, or in moonlight. Then
  85 KB (11,717 words) - 17:54, April 7, 2021
• Cascade/Cataract/Waterfall
  our pleasure grounds extend to the creek from the Cataract to the River—& a lake for fish formed, with ornamental waterfalls—which would render the places
  35 KB (4,959 words) - 10:16, February 18, 2021
• Picturesque
  (1824: 15) “The little spot of cultivation surrounding the house, and the lake at your feet, with its picturesque appendages of winding paths, and Gothic
  75 KB (10,259 words) - 13:03, April 1, 2021

View (previous 20 | next 20) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500)