Observations on modern gardening / illustrated by descriptions. [Anon].

  • Thomas Whately
Date:
1777
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Credit: Observations on modern gardening / illustrated by descriptions. [Anon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    five termination; but it is now broken by feve- ral hillocks,. not diminutive in ‘fize, and con- fiderable by the fine clumps which diftinguifh them. 7 hey recede one beyond another, and, the, outline. waves agreeably amongft them. They do more than conceal the fharpnefs of the edge; they convert a deformity into a beauty, and greatly contribute to the embellithment. of this moft lovely fcene ; ; a {cene, however, ia which the flat is principal; and yet a more va+ tied, a more beautiful sain can hai be defired i in a garden. i : ;' rete III. A plain is not, however, in itfelf inte. refting ; and the leatt deviation from the uni- formity of its furface changes its nature; ag. long as the flat remains, it depends on the. ob~ jects around for all its variety, and all its beauty; but convex and concave forms are generally pleafing; and the number of degrees and com- binations into which they may be caft is infinite: thofe forms only. in each which are perfectly regular muft be avoided; a femicircle can never be tolerable: {mall portions of large circles. blended together: or lines gently curved, which, are not parts of any circle; a hollow finking but little below a level; a fwell very much flattened , Bethe top; are coon’ the molt agreeable figures. | In Aae
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