Occupation: Landscape Architect Birth: October 31, 1815 Death: July 28, 1852
He who owns a wood of proper land in this country, and, in the face of all the personal riches of the day, only raises crabs and choke pears, deserve….
Plant spacious parks in your cities, and loose their gates as wide as the morning, to the whole people..
Man toils, and strives, and wastes his little life to claim-- At last the transient glory of a splendid name, And have, perchance, in marble mockery ….
Fine fruit is the flower of commodities. It is the most perfect union of the useful and the beautiful that the earth knows. Trees full of soft foliag….
Fear not, too much, an open enemy; He is consistent--always at his post; But watchful be of him who holds the key Of your own heart, and flatters you….
Architecture, either practically considered or viewed as an art of taste, is a subject so important and comprehensive in itself, that volumes would b….