Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Scenery \Scen"er*y\, n.
   1. Assemblage of scenes; the paintings and hangings
      representing the scenes of a play; the disposition and
      arrangement of the scenes in which the action of a play,
      poem, etc., is laid; representation of place of action or
      occurence.

   2. Sum of scenes or views; general aspect, as regards variety
      and beauty or the reverse, in a landscape; combination of
      natural views, as woods, hills, etc.

            Never need an American look beyond his own country
            for the sublime and beautiful of natural scenery.
                                                  --W. Irving.

Source : WordNet®

scenery
     n 1: the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to
          suggest a particular locale; "they worked all night
          painting the scenery" [syn: {scene}]
     2: the appearance of a place