Gilpin, William S.: Practical hints upon landscape gardening: with some remarks on domestic architecture, as connected with scenery (London: Cadell [u.a.], 1835)

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LANDSCAPE GARDENING.

upon the shape, character, and extent of the
grounds they are to embellish: some hints,
however, as in other cases, may be suggested,
to direct the unskilful hand in an operation
of no small importance.
And first, as before observed, the plant-
ations should be marked out from the prin-
cipal point of view, so as to agree with the
general scene. The size of each mass will
depend partly upon what is to be excluded
or broken in the remote landscape, and partly
upon the character and size of the ground.
If the situation to be planted be of small
dimensions, one mass of tolerable size may be
better than dividing it: but, if the ground
admit of it, a variety of masses is preferable,
as producing more intricacy and greater ap-
pearance of extent. In this case, the masses
of shrubs will be so disposed as to show por-
tions of lawn intersecting them in glades of
different size and form. The general in-
clination of these masses of shrubs should
tend, though in different degrees, towards
the most interesting part of the scene, either
within or without the dress ground, as cir-
cumstances may be. A horizontal line of
plantation can rarely have a good effect.