146 SLanfcscape Hrcbitecture 



which are mostly concealed in shrubbery, that from 

 no one point the whole mass of water can be over- 

 looked, but that everywhere behind the thick shrub- 

 bery the water appears to flow onward; otherwise, 

 every piece of water will appear small, even though 

 it take an hour to walk round it. Open, grassy 

 shores, single high trees, woods and thickets should 

 vary the effect with broad spots where the sunlight 

 can have full entry in order not to deprive the water 

 of its transparency and brillancy by concealment. 

 A lake whose shores are entirely in shadow loses 

 much of its effectiveness, as the water reveals all its 

 magic only under the full rays of the sun where the 

 reflections from above appear to come from the bot- 

 tom in transparent silvery clearness. I have fre- 

 quently seen this very necessary rule quite ignored 

 by unskilful gardeners. The projecting tongues of 

 land must for the greater part run into pointed, not 

 rounded, ends, for I cannot sufficiently dwell on the 

 fact that no line in picturesque landscape is more 

 unpropitious than that taken from the circle, espe- 

 cially in any great extent of space. A green shore 

 which ends quite in a point and is at its termination 

 almost in the same line as the water, and beyond which 

 the water appears on the other side, makes quite a 

 charming variety, especially when a few high-stemmed 

 trees stand on it, and where one looks through under 

 the foliage. If any important object is in the neigh- 

 bourhood of a building, mountain, or conspicuous 

 tree, plenty of room should be given for its reflection 



