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A treatise on the theory and practice of landscape gardening, adapted to North America,1841 > Section VIII. Treatment of Water

Section VIII. Treatment of Water

  • Contents of Section 8 Treatment of water in gardens
  • Delightful water effects
  • Formation of lakes in American gardens
  • Use of springs, rills and brooks in American gardens
  • Management of water features in Amerian gardens
  • Lakes and ponds in American gardens
  • Lakes in valley bottoms
  • Outline shapes of lakes and ponds
  • Study of natural lakes and ponds
  • Natural lakes without vegetation
  • Natural outlines of banks
  • Drawing water outlines for lake excavation
  • Smooth and insipid lake margins
  • Mr. Uvedale Price on artificial lakes
  • Variety of bank treatment around lakes
  • Views of lake outlines and banks
  • Islands in lakes and ponds
  • Artificial islands at water inlet and outlet points to lakes
  • Vegetation around lakes
  • Planting the margins of pieces of water
  • Square and circular lakes and ponds
  • Natural brooks and rivulets in landscape gardens
  • Improvement of brooks, rivulets, and rills
  • Artificial cascades and water-falls in gardens
  • Large cascades and water-falls
  • Planting on the banks of streams, brooks and water courses
  • Straight canals and oblong water

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