. The art of landscape gardening . Landscape gardening. Theory and Practice 135 if the road be broader, we should naturally wish to make the curve bolder by breaking from it, according to the dotted line from a to b in the diagram [Fig. 19]. When two walks separate from each other, it is always desirable to have them diverge in different directions, as at a [in Fig. 20], rather than give the idea of reunit- ing, as at Fig. 20. Where two walks join each other, it is generally bet- ter that they should meet at right angles, as at c, than to leave the sharp point, as in the acute angle at d.
. The art of landscape gardening . Landscape gardening. Theory and Practice 135 if the road be broader, we should naturally wish to make the curve bolder by breaking from it, according to the dotted line from a to b in the diagram [Fig. 19]. When two walks separate from each other, it is always desirable to have them diverge in different directions, as at a [in Fig. 20], rather than give the idea of reunit- ing, as at Fig. 20. Where two walks join each other, it is generally bet- ter that they should meet at right angles, as at c, than to leave the sharp point, as in the acute angle at d. The most natural course for a road or walk is along the banks of a lake or river, yet I have occasionally observed great beauty in the separation of these two lines; as where the water sweeps to the left, and the road to the right, or vice versa. The true effect of this circumstance I have often attempted to represent on paper, but it is one of the many instances in which the reality and the picture excite different sensations. This chapter might have included every necessary remark relative to fences, whether attached to parks or farms; but as I wish to enlarge upon the distinction between the improvements designed for ornament and those for profit or gain, I shall endeavour to explain these different objects, as they appear to me opposite in their views and distinct in their characteristics. Both are, indeed, subjects of cultivation; but the cultivation in the one is husbandry, and in the other 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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