. The art of landscape gardening . Landscape gardening. 134 The Art of Landscape Gardening or the low ground invites its course. These circum- stances in natural rivers should be carefully imitated in those of art, and not only the effects, but even the causes, if possible, should be counterfeited, especially in the form of the shores: thus, the convex side of the river at a [in Fig. 18] should have its shores con- Fig. 18. vex or steep; and the concave side of the river at b should have its shores concave or flat; because, by this means, the course of the river is accounted for. There is anot
. The art of landscape gardening . Landscape gardening. 134 The Art of Landscape Gardening or the low ground invites its course. These circum- stances in natural rivers should be carefully imitated in those of art, and not only the effects, but even the causes, if possible, should be counterfeited, especially in the form of the shores: thus, the convex side of the river at a [in Fig. 18] should have its shores con- Fig. 18. vex or steep; and the concave side of the river at b should have its shores concave or flat; because, by this means, the course of the river is accounted for. There is another circumstance, with respect to lines, deserving attention. The course of a river may fre- quently shew two or more different bends, which do not so intersect each other as to impede the view along it; and these may be increased in proportion to the breadth of the river: but in a road, or a walk, espe- cially if it passes through a wood or plantation, a sec- ond bend should never be visible. The degree of curve in a walk or road will therefore depend on its width ; thus looking along the narrow line of walk, you will not see the second bend : but in the same curve,. Fig. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Repton, Humphry, 1752-1818; Nolen, John, 1869-1937; American Society of Landscape Architects. Boston : Houghton Mifflin
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