. An encyclopædia of gardening; . , we are delighted with the effect, whilst we recollect the differencebetween the present and the former surface ; but when this is forgotten, though thebeauty remains, the credit for having produced it is lost. In this respect, the operationson ground under the ancientstyle, have a great and striking —^advantage; for an absolute per ^fection is to be attained in theformation of geometrical forms,and the beauty created is so j| i ri! rijentirely artificial {fig. 683.) as |: ||-1never to admit a doubt of its ^origin. Long, therefore, after T^Wirffthe improvemen
. An encyclopædia of gardening; . , we are delighted with the effect, whilst we recollect the differencebetween the present and the former surface ; but when this is forgotten, though thebeauty remains, the credit for having produced it is lost. In this respect, the operationson ground under the ancientstyle, have a great and striking —^advantage; for an absolute per ^fection is to be attained in theformation of geometrical forms,and the beauty created is so j| i ri! rijentirely artificial {fig. 683.) as |: ||-1never to admit a doubt of its ^origin. Long, therefore, after T^Wirffthe improvement is finished, the ; I !l II !?credit and the beauty remain to ^gratify and charm the on surfaces, what-ever be their object, ought to bemade in scenes which are nearthe eye, or intended to be fre-quently seen ; at a distance theyare lost if tlie effect be on a smallscale, and often better effectedby wood, if on one of consider-able magnitude. Attempts to remove distant inequalities, by lowering heights ana. Book IV. OPERATING ON GROUND. 1003 filling up hollows, very seldom are attended by results sufficient to justify the expenseincurred ; but when art is employed to heighten distant eminences the success is greater:in the last case art may be said to act positively, in the former negatively — to produceor increase a beauty, instead of only removing or lessening a deformity. All operationson ground may be included under, 1. Those which have for their object the beauty ofart or design ; and, 2. Those where natural beauty is intended to be produced. 7197. Operations with a view to relative or artificial beauty. The forms in use for thispurpose are few and simple. They originate in, and are influenced by, those of thehouse; and are, for the greater part, bounded by right lines; and the surfaces are levelsor slopes of different degrees of abruptness. The magnitude as well as form of each ofthe figures in the ground immediately adjoining a house, or in a det
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