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The landscape gardening and landscape architecture of the late Humphry Repton, esq., being his entire works on these subjects : ...with historical and scientific introduction, a systematic analysis, a biographical notice, notes, and copious alphabetical index (1840)

Repton, Humphry, 1752-1818, Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843 · London : Printed for the editor, and sold by Longman · leaf 246

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When two walks separate from each other, it is alwaysdesirable to have them diverge in different directions, as at a[in fig. 74], rather than give the idea of reuniting, as at b. [Fig .74.] … Where two walks join each other, it is generally better that 206 REPTONS LANDSCAPE GARDENING, &c. they should meet at right angles, as at c, than to leave thesharp point, as in the acute angle at d. The most natural course for a road, or walk, is along thebanks of a lake, or river; yet I have…

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