THE LAWS OF DEVELOPING LANDSCAPE. 



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made by man, as any view of nature, with its natural beauty, covered with 

 an infinite blue sky-roof, golden with sunshine, or lighted by stars of 

 night, will excel the impressions of one's own residence. 

 The seven laws of development are as follows : 



1. Observation, salient points. 



2. Radiation. 



| Distances 



3. Contour J and 



(Mass. 



4. Profile. 



5. Scenery, centre and outlines. 



6. Roads. 



I Sky-line. 



7. Planting. - Mid-distance. 



I Carpeting. 



Contour. 



" I am monarch of all I survey ; my right there is none to dispute ! " 



The thousands of acres of grass and tree lands kept by landowners for 

 beauty and use are an inestimable public benefit. The productive value 

 of tree lands above mere bare plateaus is an acknowledged fact, while the 

 beauty of these gives a growth to human beings not equalled by any other 

 earthly products. 



The question for the laws of observation to answer is : How can we 

 grasp from radiation the beauties of nature ? 



By examining our visual powers, we find that by the law of contour 

 and profile we see the objects of sight. 



I Mass 



Laws of contour. J and 



(Distances 



The lines curving towards the reader, mass and perspective lines, as 

 shown in Fig. 168, give those which will present most material to the mind 

 at once. The perspective lines furnish those which will give most thought 

 to the mind. Distances observe these curves. These two principles 

 furnish the bases in all the arrangement intended to exhibit scenery 

 characters, land, water, and vegetation variations of undulation. Their 

 effects are first to be noticed and to be laid down in proportion ; more- 

 over they will give place to all lesser forms in such accordance as is 

 required for vegetation. Thus, in developing scenery, they confer full 

 power to create any feelings of which the land is capable, in accordance 

 with the character of the position, each site exhibiting its own particular 

 effect. 



Figures 168 and 169 show the three principles of contour. The mass 

 line gives the scenery to the mind, 90 degrees being the extreme limit, 

 while some say we cannot grasp more than 60 degrees. 



The laws of contour give the greatest possible results of scenery to the 

 human mind. 



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