. The art of landscape gardening . Morning Effect of Light. Evening Effect of Light Plate VII, The Thames, from Purley Theory and Practice 89 round; but if sloped to the shaded line, less of the bankwill be reflected in the water, and the quantity of skyseen in the water will be from b to d ; and as the bril-liancy of still water depends on the sky reflected onits surface, the quantity of water will be apparentlyincreased. As properly belonging to this chapter may be men-tioned a curious observation which occurred in the viewof the Thames from Purley. In the morning [see Platevii], when the su
. The art of landscape gardening . Morning Effect of Light. Evening Effect of Light Plate VII, The Thames, from Purley Theory and Practice 89 round; but if sloped to the shaded line, less of the bankwill be reflected in the water, and the quantity of skyseen in the water will be from b to d ; and as the bril-liancy of still water depends on the sky reflected onits surface, the quantity of water will be apparentlyincreased. As properly belonging to this chapter may be men-tioned a curious observation which occurred in the viewof the Thames from Purley. In the morning [see Platevii], when the sun was in the east, the landscape ap-peared to consist of wood, water, and distant country,with few artificial accompaniments; but in the evening,when the sun was in the west, objects presented them-selves which were in the morning scarcely visible. In thefirst instance the wood was in a solemn repose of shade ;the water, reflecting a clear sky, was so brilliantly illum-inated that I could trace the whole course of the river;the dark trees were strongly co
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