An encyclopædia of gardening; comprising 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 encyclopdiaofg00loud Year: 1827 1010 PRACTICE OF GARDENING. Part III. value attached to its effect, that no place is deemed perfect without a river or lake ; and such the indiscriminate desire of obtaining them, that nature ha
An encyclopædia of gardening; comprising 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 encyclopdiaofg00loud Year: 1827 1010 PRACTICE OF GARDENING. Part III. value attached to its effect, that no place is deemed perfect without a river or lake ; and such the indiscriminate desire of obtaining them, that nature has been too frequently dis- regarded in their form and situation. Of the characters which water assumed under the geometric style, we can only observe, that their names convey, in a great degree, an idea of the forms. Their situations were near the mansion ; and their marginal accom- paniments of masonry, turf walks, and hedges, were determined by the architectural forms and lines of the capital feature in the scene. The choice, from the most intricate and curious fountains to the plain oblong canal, depended on the splendor of the general design ; very little on natural situation. The supply was generally obtained from some concealed reservoir. 7217. To imitate lakes, rivers, or rills, and their accompaniments, is the object of land- scape- o-ardening; and of each of these natural characters we shall remark the leading circumstances in the originals and the imitations. All water is either running or stag- nant. Lakes, ponds, and pools, are of the latter class ; rivers, rivulets, and rills, of the former description. In certain situations, lakes may be created where their supply is moderate ; rivers and rills only when it is abundant. Both characters, when they exist in nature, may be improved by studying the natural characteristics of each species. 7218. Situation, relatively to the character of the ground's surface, is the first consider- ation respecting water, in whatever
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