ESSAY V. 



WATER. 



Water well situated eminently contributes to improve and embel- 

 lish the scenery of a domain. If it be a lake in mid-distance, it can 

 be exhibited to great advantage by a variety of methods, and assisted 

 in its form and dimensions by judicious planting upon the grounds of 

 the villa. If it be a river, nature has generally given to it forms 

 that are deeply interesting; still the associating objects may give 

 to those beauties an additional charm. The peculiar effect of certain 

 varieties of foliage breaking tenderly upon the edge, or projecting 

 boldly on the mass, are effects with which every eye is familiar. The 

 prospect of a sheet of water, seen through a vista, ever claims atten- 

 tion ; but if with these there be an undulating surface of ground, 



