Contents 



THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF 



LANDSCAPE GARDENING 63 



Preface. Some General Observations on 



Taste 65 



Chap. I. Introduction — General Principles 



— Utility — Scale — Examples 

 of Comparative Proportion — Use 



of Perspective 7 1 



Chap. II. Ground apparently altered by the 

 Situation of the Spectator — Re- 

 fections from the Surface of Water 

 explained and applied — Different 

 Effects of Light on Different 

 Objects 84 



Chap. III. Water — Its General Treatment 



— Art must deceive to imitate 

 Nature — Water at Wentworth 

 described — A River easier to 

 imitate than a Lake 91 



Chap. IV. Planting — Immediate and Future 

 Effect — Clumps — Groups — 

 Masses — The Browsing-Line de- 

 scribed — Combination of Masses to 

 produce Great Woods — Character 

 and Shape of Ground to be studied 



— Outline of New Plantations i o 3 



