174 LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



" the richness of their masses, they very much 

 " contribute to the effect of water, and great 

 " use may be made of them by a judicious 

 " improver, particularly where the shore is 

 " low. I have observed a very happy effect 

 " from them in such low situations towards 

 " the extremity of a pool, that of preventing 

 " any guess or suspicion where the water was 

 " to end, although the end was very near. 

 " This is an effect which can only be pro- 

 " duced by islands, or by such plants as root 

 " in the water ; for where trees or bushes 

 " grow on low ground, however completely 

 " they may conceal that ground by hanging 

 " over the water, yet we know that the land 

 " must be there, and that the water must end; 

 " but flags or bullrushes being disposed in 

 " tufts or groups behind each other, do not 

 " destroy the idea of its continuation. 



" A large uniform extent of water, which 

 " presents itself to the eye, without any in- 

 " tricacy in its accompaniments, requires to 

 " be broken and diversified like a similar 

 " extent of lawn ; though by no means in the 

 " same degree ; for the delight which we 

 " receive from the element itself, compen- 

 w sates a great deal of monotony. Islands, 



