. The art of landscape gardening. is that in the neighbourhood of themetropolis a place should exist so perfectly secludedand detached from the busy haunts of men : wemust, therefore, be particularly cautious that everybuilding should appear to be an appendage or inmateof the place, and not a neighbour intruding on itsprivacy. From hence arose some difficulty in the styleof building proper for the prospect on the hill — a verysmall one would have been inadequate to the purposeof containing such companies as may resort thither, aswell as forming a dwelling-house for those who shouldhave the car
. The art of landscape gardening. is that in the neighbourhood of themetropolis a place should exist so perfectly secludedand detached from the busy haunts of men : wemust, therefore, be particularly cautious that everybuilding should appear to be an appendage or inmateof the place, and not a neighbour intruding on itsprivacy. From hence arose some difficulty in the styleof building proper for the prospect on the hill — a verysmall one would have been inadequate to the purposeof containing such companies as may resort thither, aswell as forming a dwelling-house for those who shouldhave the care of the prospect rooms and the dairy;yet in building a large house there was danger of mak-ing it appear to belong to some other person. To the common observer, the beauties of Wemblymay appear to need no improvement; but it is theduty of my profession to discover how native charmsmay be heightened by the assistance of taste: and thateven beauty itself may be rendered more beautiful, thisplace will furnish a striking Chapter VI Fonnal Gardening THERE is no part of my profession more difficultand troublesome than the attempt to modernise,in part only, those places which have been formerlydecorated by the line and square of geometric explain this difficulty, I will briefly state the differ-ence between the principles on which improvements arenow conducted and those which governed the style offormer periods. The perfection of landscape gardening consists inthe four following requisites : First, it must display thenatural beauties and hide the natural defects of everysituation. Secondly, it should give the appearance ofextent and freedom, by carefully disguising or hidingthe boundary. Thirdly, it must studiously concealevery interference of art, however expensive, by whichthe scenery is improved, making the whole appear theproduction of nature only; and, fourthly, all objectsof mere convenience or comfort, if incapable of beingmade ornamental, or of becoming p
Size: 1232px × 2028px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorreptonhumphry17521818, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900
