The Southern Planter, Vol. 15: Devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture, and the Household Arts; February, 1855 (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

Excerpt from The Southern Planter, Vol. 15: Devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture, and the Household Arts; February, 1855

Water is always an important element in ru ral scenery, and where its presence can be taken advantage of, it seldom failsin improving the natural characteristic beauties of the locality. Butthere is no more frequent or greater mis take made'. Than in the forming of ponds and artificial lakes, where the supply of water, such as. A running stream, does not admit, of the whole being kept in'a state of purity. Stag nant waters are offensive to the sense of smell, and injurious to the health of animal. Life, and heal-this, or ought to be, more important than ornamentation; But even in the absence of the _sanitary view 'of the question, the intro ducing of water where nature forbids it, has hitherto been the most common mistake in an cient and modern ornamentation. When water or can be produced, it should be so' arranged as to appear to occupy a hollow. Studying nature in, this, as -in every other de tail, will produce harmony. Violence to nature can only provoke aversion in the minds of those ofi cultivated tastes. Where water with suffi cient fall exists for forming a jet d'eau, such can be placed with advantage on the lawn front ing the house, and this falling into a pond sur rounded with flowering shrubs has a fine effect. Where water is introduced into the house, a jet d'eau can generally be obtained, at least when the supply is abundant._ We will,_ however, take occasion in a future article, to allude more particularly'to the introduction of the jet d'eau into ornamental grounds.

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