. The art of landscape gardening . Landscape gardening. Fig. II. tion passes through them, and not over them, as in the first instance. There are other circumstances belonging to reflection on the surface of water which deserve attention, and of which the landscape gardener should avail himself in the exercise of his art. Water in motion, whether agitated by wind or by its natural current, produces little or no reflection; but in artificial rivers, the quiet surface doubles every object on its shores, and for this c"- Fig. reason I have frequently found that the surface could be incr
. The art of landscape gardening . Landscape gardening. Fig. II. tion passes through them, and not over them, as in the first instance. There are other circumstances belonging to reflection on the surface of water which deserve attention, and of which the landscape gardener should avail himself in the exercise of his art. Water in motion, whether agitated by wind or by its natural current, produces little or no reflection; but in artificial rivers, the quiet surface doubles every object on its shores, and for this c"- Fig. reason I have frequently found that the surface could be increased in appearance by sloping its banks: not only that which actually concealed part of the water but also the opposite bank; because it increased the quantity of sky reflected on the surface. Example. The spectator at a [Fig. 12] sees the sky reflected only from b to c, while the opposite bank is. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Repton, Humphry, 1752-1818; Nolen, John, 1869-1937; American Society of Landscape Architects. Boston : Houghton Mifflin
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