ile in places whereroads had been made to carry out the gravel, the ground is proportion-ably low, and the descent gradual. By means of these operations, inwhich no idea of beauty or picturesque composition was ever thoughtof, all the varieties of smooth turf, of broken ground, of coves,… … water, surrounded by the most varied banks. I have often thought,that if such a gravel pit with clear water were near a house, the banksof it might, with great propriety and effect, be dressed with kalmeas, 286 SIR UVEDALE PRICE rhododendrons, azaleas, andromedas, &c. without any shrub too…
Landscape gardening · Aesthetics
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