. An encyclopædia of gardening; comprising the theory and practice of horticulture, floriculture, arboriculture, and landscape-gardening, including all the latest improvements; a general history of gardening in all countries; and a statistical view of its present state, with suggestions for its future progress, in the British Isles. Gardening. 1006 PRACTICE OF GARDENING Part III. triangles, or trapeziums, the more minute parts, charac- terised by lines rather than fonns, such as avenues, rows, clumps, and stars, &c. are contained in parallelograms, squares, or circles. In regard to the par
. An encyclopædia of gardening; comprising the theory and practice of horticulture, floriculture, arboriculture, and landscape-gardening, including all the latest improvements; a general history of gardening in all countries; and a statistical view of its present state, with suggestions for its future progress, in the British Isles. Gardening. 1006 PRACTICE OF GARDENING Part III. triangles, or trapeziums, the more minute parts, charac- terised by lines rather than fonns, such as avenues, rows, clumps, and stars, &c. are contained in parallelograms, squares, or circles. In regard to the parts, masses and ave- nues should extend from the house in all directions, so far as to diffuse around the character of design ; and as much farther in particular di- rections as the nature of the surface admits of, the distant beauties suggest, and the cha- racter of the mansion requires. In disposing these masses, whether on a flat or irregu- lar surface, regard will be had to leave uncovered such a quantity of lawn or turf as shall, at all events, admit a free circulation of air, give breadth of light, and display the form of the large masses of wood. Uniformity and variety as a whole, and use as well as beauty in the parts, must be kept constantly in view. Avenues, alleys, and vistas, should serve as much as possible as roads, walks, lines of fences, or screens of shelter or shade ; but where this is not the case, they should point to some distant beauties, or near artificial objects, to be seen at or beyond their termi- nation. The outer extremities of artificial plantations may either join natural woods, other artificial scenes, culti- vated lands, or barren heaths or commons. 7206. When artificial plant- ations join natural woods, the avenues, alleys, and circular glades of the former may be con- Sef so" St PSw^rfthe natural wood begins, and the artificial plantation ends may not b^s-e'rable. In aid of this effect, the sort of — ^^^jgH scenes, should also prevail i
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