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• Statue
  George Washington, The Writings of George Washington from the Original Manuscript Sources, 1745–1799, ed. John C. Fitzpatrick, 39 vols. (Washington, DC:
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• Botanic garden
  out, and properly furnished?" Washington, George, 1785 and 1786, describing Mount Vernon, plantation of George Washington, Fairfax County, VA (Jackson and
  63 KB (8,784 words) - 14:42, March 8, 2021
• Pierre-Charles L’Enfant
  L’Enfant, Pierre-Charles, June 22, 1791, in a report to George Washington on his plans for Washington, DC (quoted in Caemmerer 1950: 151–53) “. . . having first
  18 KB (2,364 words) - 18:22, September 16, 2021
• Piazza
  Landscape Gardening (1849), 310, fig. 26. George Washington Sully, View of the New Orleans River Front from Canal Street to the Place d’Armes [detail], 1836
  57 KB (7,617 words) - 13:34, April 1, 2021
• Eminence
  Zotero. Philip Lee Phillips, The Beginnings of Washington: As Described in Books, Maps, and Views (Washington, DC: The author, 1917), view on Zotero. William
  30 KB (3,989 words) - 13:38, April 12, 2021
• Mount
  savanna.” Weld, Isaac, 1799, describing Mount Vernon, plantation of George Washington, Fairfax County, VA (1799: 53) “The ground in the rear of the house is
  21 KB (2,805 words) - 16:21, April 1, 2021
• Greenhouse
  next Sumer.” Washington, George, August 11, 1784, in a letter to Tench Tilghman, describing Mount Vernon, plantation of George Washington, Fairfax County
  122 KB (17,951 words) - 18:15, August 10, 2021
• Jet
  would water surrounding gardens proposed for the Columbian Institute in Washington, DC. The height of the jet was a function of the fountain's aperture and
  23 KB (3,268 words) - 13:19, April 12, 2021
• Picturesque
  Zotero. Philip Lee Phillips, The Beginnings of Washington: As Described in Books, Maps, and Views (Washington, DC: The author, 1917), view on Zotero. Benjamin
  75 KB (10,259 words) - 13:03, April 1, 2021
• John Bartram
  September 22, 1777 Used Keywords: Alley, Arbor, Bed, Border, Botanic garden, Canal, Fence, Gate/Gateway, Greenhouse, Hedge, Parterre, Plantation, Thicket, Walk
  39 KB (5,119 words) - 20:00, September 8, 2021
• Terrace/Slope
  Kalorama (Kaleirama), estate of Joel Barlow, Washington, DC (1850: 331) “851. Kaleirama is about a mile from Washington, on high terrace ground, and is a very
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• Pierre Pharoux
  Pierre Charles L’Enfant, Planner of the City Beautiful, The City of Washington, (Washington, DC: National Republic Publishing Company, 1950), view on Zotero;
  37 KB (4,574 words) - 17:22, September 28, 2021
• Robert Morris
  1784, in a letter to George Washington, describing his residence in Market Street, Philadelphia, PA (quoted in Washington 1992: 1:451–52) “My Ice House
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• Bartram Botanic Garden and Nursery
  ” and George Augustine Washington to George Washington, April 15—16, 1792, in George Washington, The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, ed
  50 KB (7,152 words) - 19:49, September 1, 2021
• The Hills
  the first being on the West and the latter on the East side of the Canal which Canal has to course through this estate, and when carried into full operation
  24 KB (2,854 words) - 18:21, August 17, 2021
• Jane Loudon
  Arbor, Arboretum, Arcade, Basin, Bed, Beehive, Border, Botanic garden, Canal, Cascade/Cataract/Waterfall, Column/Pillar, Conservatory, Edging, Fence,
  51 KB (7,945 words) - 14:57, September 21, 2021
• Eliza Lucas Pinckney
  orangeries and imported fruit trees had been updated a few decades earlier with a canal and radiating tree-lined avenues. Soon after returning to South Carolina
  15 KB (2,020 words) - 17:27, September 28, 2021
• Hedge
  hedge and low ceder with spruce. . .” Washington, George, 1785, describing Mount Vernon, plantation of George Washington, Fairfax County, VA (Jackson and Twohig
  88 KB (12,511 words) - 20:49, March 29, 2021
• Dutch style
  referred, for the most part, to the late 17th- and early 18th-century classical canal garden, which became popular in England under the reign of William and Mary
  19 KB (2,638 words) - 19:00, March 17, 2021
• The Woodlands
  1991, view on Zotero. Washington Papers, Founders Online, National Archives. George Washington, The Papers of George Washington, Confederation Series,
  110 KB (15,513 words) - 20:48, August 30, 2021

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