. 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. bad generally on the south-east side of the latter (b), on a raised platform, the rising grounds behind being planted both for effect and shelter. 7252. The Jield of vision, or portion of landscape ivhich the eye will comprehend, is a circumstance freque
. 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. bad generally on the south-east side of the latter (b), on a raised platform, the rising grounds behind being planted both for effect and shelter. 7252. The Jield of vision, or portion of landscape ivhich the eye will comprehend, is a circumstance frequently mistaken in fixing a situation for a house; since a view seen from the windows of an apartment will materially differ from the same view seen in the open air. Much evidently depends on the thickness of the walls (Jig. 716.), the width of the windows (a), and the distance of the spectator from the aperture. Near the centre of the room (b), the spectator will not enjoy above 20 or 30 degrees of vision; but close to the window (c) his eye will take in from 70 to 100 degrees. Hence, to obtain as much of the view from a^ room as possible, there should not only be windows on two sides of a room, but one in the angle, or an oblique or bow- window on each side, instead of the common form. (Obs. / on Landscape Gardening, p. 24.) 7253. The aspect of the principal rooms deserves particular attention in every case, and most so in bleak or exposed situations. The south-east is most commonly the best for Britain (Jig. 717.); and the south, and due east, the next best. The south-west, Rep- ton considers the worst, because from that quarter it rains oftener than from any other ; and the windows are dimmed, and the views obstructed, by the slightest shower, which will not be perceptible in the windows facing the south or east. A north aspect is gloomy, be- cause deprived of sunshine ; but it deserves to be remarked, that woods and other verdant objects look best when viewed from rooms so
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