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in the water, and attention drawn to the picture 

 shimmering in its depths by a path or bench placed 

 there for the purpose. 



"The form/ is by no means the worst which I have 

 seen carried out, nor will I say that g is the best for 

 execution; but the latter will assuredly make a more 

 picturesque effect, and from no point of view will the 

 end of the water be visible, which is one of the chief 

 considerations." * 



The interesting part of the above dissertation is that 

 Prince Puckler carried out his principles and directions, 

 as they are here set forth, in an entirely successful 

 manner on his own estate at Muskau, where the results 

 can be seen to-day after the lapse of nearly a century. 



Not long before the time of Prince Puckler we find 

 Humphry Repton in The Art of Landscape Gardening 

 expressing the following sound views on the subject of 

 the use of water in the landscape: 



"The general cause of a natural lake or expanse 

 of water is an obstruction to the current of the stream 

 by some ledge or stratum of rock which it cannot 

 penetrate, but as soon as the water has risen to the 

 surface of the rock, it tumbles over with great fury, 

 wearing itself a channel among the craggy fragments 

 and generally forming an ample basin at the foot. 

 Such is the scenery we must attempt at Thorsby. 



"When under the guidance of Le Notre and his 



1 Hints on Landscape Gardening, Prince Puckler. 



