in this rude manner, the improver would next observe whatwere the other circumstances, independently of trees and vegetation,which gave picturesque effect to the bank of the natural river which hewas endeavouring to imitate, and produced varied reflections in thewater. These, he might probably… … fixed among the matted roots—some of them in the sides of the bankitself—some below it, and near the edge of the water—others in thewater, with their tops appearing above it. In another part again, theremight be a beach of gravel, sand, or pebbles, the general bank being-there divided, and a…
Landscape gardening · Aesthetics
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