The Suburban Gardener, and Villa Companion

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Cambridge University Press, 24.04.2014 - 774 Seiten
The Scottish landscape gardener and prolific horticultural writer John Claudius Loudon (1783-1843) published this guide to suburban living in 1838. The book is intended to provide instruction on choosing a house or 'villa' (or the site on which to build one); on the furnishing of the house; and on the laying out, planting and general management of the garden and grounds. Loudon had also planned a section on horticulture, but was forced to postpone this to a separate volume, which was never written. Like most of Loudon's books (several of which have been reissued in this series), the work is detailed and didactic: for example, the precise construction of chimneys is discussed, with reference to the various existing styles and the pros and cons, aesthetic and functional, of each. Offering insights into the practical and social aspirations of the emerging middle classes, the book also contains numerous engravings.
 

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General view and sections of Poole Park
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The Dairy 548 The Cowhouse 549 The Breed of Cows 549 The Paddock 550 Litter
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Truncated pyramidal chimneypots 7 and 8 53
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ON THE CHOICE or A SITUATION FOR A SUBURBAN on COUNTRY House
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Nautical cowl enclosed in architectural
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Character of Surface 14 Exposure 15 Aspect 15 Soil 16 Suhsoil 18
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The arti ficial Exposure 2 The Distance from the nearest Town or Place of Business of the Occupant
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The Front Garden 272 List of Florists Flowers for every Month in the Year 273 The Back
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Expense 283 Remarks 283 Gardens of Mr Haworth Mr Sweet Mr sans
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houses of one perch each 89 and 89 286
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Hyde Park gardens 95
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Hyde Park Gardens 295 Expense and Mode of Management 298 Management 999 Remarks
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Design for a garden common to a crescent
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Remarks 306
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Expense and Management 319 Remarks
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Considerations of a personal Nature affecting the Choice of
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Soil on which it is built 37 The Construction of the House 38 Ventilation 38 The Roof
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On the Domestic Offices of a House
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Offices essential to a Villa and a Cottage 67 The Kitchen 67 Kitchens in Italy 68 Kitchen
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The Dwellingrooms of a complete Country House 83 The Breakfast Parlour 83 Ladys Store
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A Thatched Cottage what it appears to be and what it really is 115 The kind of Suburban House
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Pear trained en quenouzlle 121
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Design for laying out a street garden to a sin
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The Interior Finishing 120 Breaks in the Walls 120 Recesses and Breaks 121 The Chimney
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Of the fundamental Principles of Architecture and Landscape
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Brick and tile drains 133 to 135
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Artificialness of Appearance 137 The Recognition of Art in Architecture 139 The Rules which
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Iron trap for preventing smells adapted
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ing the e ect produced by different slopes
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Rubble drain 151
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J udicious mode of laying out walks 46
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Trezes arranged in the gardenesque manner
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Another mode of exhibiting the character
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Permanence the characteristic Principle of Architecture 170 Progress the characteristic Prin
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Clothespost and socket 49 and 50
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Pipes through the Garden for Water or Gas c 172 Outbuildings Pumps or Wells c
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Perspective view of Hendon Rectory 178
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Design for laying ont and planting a piece
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List of Trees and Shrubs for Planting it with their Prices 186 List of Climbers and Creepers
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Design for laying out a fourthrate suburban
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The Front Garden 196 The Back Garden 199 Selection of Fruit Trees for such a Garden
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Designs for front gardens 56 and 57
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The Front Garden 210 Leading Rules for Laying out and Planting Flowerbeds in the Front Gar
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Design for a front garden to be planted with
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Fruit Trees suitable for this Purpose 238 The Walls with the Fruits pro er for the different
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Mode of Management 250 Estimate of Expense 250 The Produce
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Four designs for front gardens to street
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The Greenhouse263 Pits Frames and Reserve Ground 263 Forcinghouses264 The Open
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Design for adouble detached house with
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Drainage Servicepipes 8 20 325 Soil Walks c 327 The Houses 327 The Ground Floor
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Design for a double detached house with
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Planting the Garden 852 Nine difierent Modes of Planting Flowerbeds 353 Expense
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Design for a double detached house in
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The Front Gardens 364 The Back Garden 366 EXpense
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Remarks
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A Polygonal Rustic Summerhouse 393 Irrigation of Lawns 896 Forcingground 398
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Pigélslresque and Gardenesque Groups compared 406 Expense and Management 407 Remarks
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What constitutes an Artistical Landscape 410 The House and Offices 411 The KitchenBarden
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Professional Routine 448 Fixing on the Situation Extent 8m 448 Present State ofthe Five
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Remarks
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Design for a suburban villa of two acres
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Remarks
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The Conservatory 521 Remarks
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Rules for the Heights of Terrace Walks according to their Distance from the Flowerbeds to be seen
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Gardeners employed in Suburban Gardens 533 Disposition and Appropriation of the Grounds 5515
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Remarks
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Shrubs 566 The Kitchengarden 568 and fig 221 List of Fruit Trees
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Eflect pf dificrent Degrees of Slope in the Lawn in front of a House 576 and fig 226 Remarks 58
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General Principles of Laying out 591 Character 59 Situation and Soil
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General Principles of laying out the Grounds 607 Advantages in Point of Health of every Cler
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Farming by aProprietor 622 All Country Residents if they do not practise Farming ought
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s 259 and 260 Description of the Farmyard and Poultryyard 639 andfig 640 Plan and escrip
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When the ancient or Geometrical Style may with Propriety be applied in modern Times
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Great Value of Kenwood to a LandscapeGardener 667 When Flowerbeds may be introduced
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The Bathroom 675 and fig 289 The simplest Form of a Vapourbath 677 A Showerbath
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Design for a double detached house with
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Practice on the Continent 694 Stable and Cowhouse under the Dwellinghouse 694 Arranging
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The Scenery of a Suburban Residence
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