Portrait and biographical record of Orange county, New York, Containing portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the countyTogether with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the United States . construction of houses and decor-ation of grounds In 1842 ? Cottage Residences was published,and was received with equal favor. The Fruitsand Fruit Trees of America was printed simul-taneously in London and New ^ork in 1S45. ^ndfive years later a second edition, with coloredplates, appeared. In 1846 he became connected^vith the Horticulturist, for whi
Portrait and biographical record of Orange county, New York, Containing portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the countyTogether with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the United States . construction of houses and decor-ation of grounds In 1842 ? Cottage Residences was published,and was received with equal favor. The Fruitsand Fruit Trees of America was printed simul-taneously in London and New ^ork in 1S45. ^ndfive years later a second edition, with coloredplates, appeared. In 1846 he became connected^vith the Horticulturist, for which he wrotean article ever\ month until his death. In 1849he wrote Additional Notes and Hints aboutBuilding in the Country, for an American re-print of Wightwicks Hints to Young Archi-tects. The summer of 1850 he spent in Eng-land, visiting the great country--seats, of whichhe wrote descriptions, and in that year he pub-lished his ? Architecture of Country- remaining work is an edition of Mrs. Lon-dons ??Landscape-gardening for Ladies. The entire life of Mr. Downiiug was spent atthe homestead in Newburgh, where he was bomOctober 30. 1S15. From boyhood his tastes weredirected to the natural sciences, his inclination be-. DR. G. J. AllLKTON. I PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. > ing fostered by his father, a practical mirsery-maii. His education was gained principal!)- inthe academy of the village of Montgomery. At theage of sixteen, with his brother Charles, he be-gan the management of the nursery, and by vis-iting the estates of gentlemen in his neighbor-hood, he studied the forms of plant life and cul-tivated a taste for landscape-gardening. In June,1838, he married the daughter of John Peter DeWint, of Fishkill, and during that year he built onhis estate a beautiful mansion in the Elizabethanstyle, which was the first practical ofwhat an American home might be. In hewas to lay out and j>lant the pub-lic grounds of the Capi
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