The Book of the Garden, Volumen1

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W. Blackwood, 1853 - 776 páginas
 

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Página 2 - God Almighty first planted a garden; and, indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures. It is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man; without which buildings and palaces are but gross...
Página 627 - Where the conduit pipes are of great length, say upwards of 1000 feet, it is found advantageous to begin, at the reservoir or cistern, with pipes of a diameter somewhat greater than those which deliver the water to the quills, because the water, in a pipe of uniform diameter of so great a length, is found to lose much of its strength, and become what is technically called sleepy : while the different sizes quicken it, and redouble its force.
Página 625 - He justifies fountains only on the ground that natural jets-d'eau, though rare, do exist, and are among the most surprising exhibitions of nature : these, he thinks, must therefore be proper objects of imitation ; and since art cannot emulate these natural fountains in greatness of style and execution, she is justified in compensating her weakness by symmetry, variety, and richness of effect.
Página 699 - ... seen in even the best gardens. Rockwork should always be an independent feature. It rarely looks well when piled up against a wall or around the roots of a tree, or in any situation where it is overshadowed by trees; in short, where it does not form the prominent feature in the scene. It looks well near water and merging into it, or in an open airy garden, where it is surrounded by a gravel-walk ; but it does not look so well when rising from turf, without an adjoining walk, or when large shrubs...
Página 18 - ... but likewise to burst open the lower end of the pipe qq, unless a sufficient vent be provided by which this accumulated force can escape. Accordingly, a second valve...
Página 18 - Suppose о to represent a cistern or reservoir, or the source of a spring which is constantly overflowing and running to waste, by means of a channel a few feet lower than itself, as at the level line p p.
Página 494 - ... is introduced. This implement is drawn by two horses, and makes two new grooves parallel with the first, twenty-one inches apart, the gauge remaining in the original groove. The marker is then shifted to the outside groove, and makes two more. Having drawn these lines over the whole surface in one direction, the same process is repeated in a transverse direction, marking all the ice out into squares of twenty-one inches. In the meantime, the ' plough' drawn by a single horse, is following in...
Página 465 - The first set of bearers should be 2 feet from the floor, and each succeeding set 2 feet from that below it. Having thus fixed the uprights, tk, and bearers, in, at such a height as the building will admit, proceed to form the shelves, oo, with boards...
Página 694 - ... of Brown and his school ; and, thirdly, the park, which he considers the proper domain of his own system. This is a distinction which it would be well for every proprietor to keep in view, not for the sake of a monotonous adherence to its divisions in every case, but in order to remember that the tree, the shrub, and the flower, though they may be occasionally mingled with effect, yet require a separate treatment, and the application of distinct principles, where they are to be exhibited each...
Página 654 - ... of hares, some must be more agreeable to the eye than others, and it is only these agreeable parts which are to be imitated and combined in garden scenery. All this is founded on the recognition of a principle which is, or ought to be, the foundation of all the fine arts ; viz., that nature is to be imitated, not to be copied. To copy nature exactly as she appears...

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