BOOK IV. 



OPERATING WITH WATER. 



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a particular case to refer to. To point out their style is sufficient, which must always 

 be irregular like nature ; generally stretch along such rising ground as the situation 

 affords ; and, like her, always combine a certain degree of uniformity or recognisable 

 shape, even amidst the greatest seeming deviations from this quality of figures. As the 

 house indicates the commencement of the masses, the character of country surrounding 

 the scene of improvement must determine the limits and style of their termination. If 

 the lands are laid out in regular enclosures, bounded by hedges and hedge-rows, frag- 

 ments of these (jig. 692. ) must prevail in the margin of the park ; at least in as many 



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places, and to such a degree, as will produce connection ; and, if possible, as much 

 farther as will harmonise the scene within, with the country without. If it is entirely or 

 in part surrounded by forest scenery, the termination is easily and completely effected, 

 by attending to the style of wood and species of tree prevailing without, for a moderate 

 distance within the boundary. If bounded by the 

 sea, or a large lake, an abrupt termination will be as 

 natural as it would be formal on the margin of a cul- 

 tivated surface. Abrupt terminations, however, are 

 often unavoidable, as in examples of villas, where the 

 owner having no demesne, has no control beyond his 

 boundary fence. All that can be done, therefore, 

 in such cases, is, to create as much beauty and in- 

 terest as possible within the given limits. Where one 

 villa joins another, this sort of isolated abruptness 

 is avoided or lessened ; and, in the case of suburban 

 villas (jig. 693.), it is seldom felt as any deformity, 

 though, even here, connection and general harmony 

 with what is exterior, will add beauty to what is 

 within. 



7215. The details of planting in this style have 

 already been given at length in the preceding book. 



SECT. III. Of operating with Water. 



7216. Water is a material of so captivating and interesting a description in the differ- 

 ent characters in which it occurs in nature, that no view can be reckoned complete in 

 which it does not compose a feature. It forms a part of every garden in the ancient 

 style, in the various artificial characters which it there assumes of oblong canals, ponds, 

 basins, cascades, and jeux-d'eau (Jig. 694.) ; and in modern improvement, such is the 



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