WATER IN LANDSCAPE.


lake; indeed, it is to be lamented that the former only has been
chiefly introduced when the latter so beautifully and consistently
might have assisted as its companion. The lake, in extensive
grounds, is a very beautiful feature, and properly contrasts those
scenes which admit the appearances of cultivation by art.
ON WATER IN LANDSCAPE.
Where a continued supply of water can be obtained, and the
natural irregularities of the ground present suitable reservoirs for
its preservation, or where they can be artificially prepared, the
artist will not fail to benefit by the opportunity afforded for the
use of so important a feature; but the supply must be ample,
for few defects of the landscape are so objectionable as the
deficiency exhibited by half-empty pools, lakes or canals, origin-
ally intended as garden embellishments; and the defect always
occurs, too, in warm and dry seasons, when the coolness and
beauty of water is most inviting and desired: instead of which
they betray to the spectator the scantiness of their sources, and
infect the air with offensive vapours.
When the supply is abundant at all times, then water becomes
a striking and interesting material in the hands of the improver;
the brilliancy of sheets of water give lustre to the most dull and
insipid portions of a landscape, and it is the chief means by
which the artist produces those vivid and fascinating reliefs in
the garden, which, by white or richness of colour, the painter
exhibits in his picture.-The deep tones of shade essential to
vigour and striking effect are also augmented by water, in the
reflections of over shadowing objects, whilst its occasional rippling
movements create partial and brilliant touches of light that
begem its surface.


So pleasing is the effect of objects reflected on clear water,


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