Observations on modern gardening / illustrated by descriptions. [Anon].
- Thomas Whately
- Date:
- 1777
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Observations on modern gardening / illustrated by descriptions. [Anon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Throughout the illuftrious fcene confiftency is preferved in the midft of variety ; all the parts unite eafily 5 the plantations in the bottom join to the wood which hangs on the hill; thofe.on ; the upper grounds of the park,, break into groves, which afterwards divide into clumps, _ and. in the end-taper into fingle trees.. The, ground is very various, but, it.points from al]. fides towards the lake, and flackening its de- fcent as it approaches, . flides at laft gently into, the water. The groves and the lawns on the. declivities are elegant and rich; the fine ex. ~ pantie of the lake, enlivened by the gay plan- tations on the banks, and the reflection of the. bridge upon the: furface, animates the, land- fkip ; and .the extent and the height of the hanging wood give an air of grandeur to the whole. _ An eafy winding defenak leads fom the Go- chic building to the lake, and a broad walk is afterwards continued along the banks, and acro{s an ifland, clofe to the water on one hand, and fkirted by wood on the other: the fpot is perfectly retired; but the retirement is chearful Z the lake is calm; but it is full to the brim, and never darkened with fhadow ; the walk is {mooth, and almoft level, and touches the very. margin. of the water; the wood,. which fecludes all view into the country, is compofed of the moft elegant trees,](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30505963_0202.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
