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Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Contents

INTRODUCTION	1

Of the relation of the parts to the whole	10

Of variety	16

Of the effects of wood on the form	23

Of the characteristic differences	25

XV Of the effects arising from the disposition	34

Of the surface of a romantic and of	41

Of the interior of a grove	47

Of the course of a river	71

Of a rill and a rivulet	88

Of rocks characterised by dignity	99

Of rocks characterised by terror	106

Of BUILDINGS	116

Of the species and situations of build	127

Of ruins	130

Of the approach	138

Of the forms of clumps	53

Of single trees	60

Of a lake	63

Of regularity in the several parts of	144

Of CHARACTER	150

Of a FARM	157

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Title	Observations on modern Gardening: illustrated by descriptions
Author	Thomas Whately
Published	1771
Original from	the Bavarian State Library
Digitized	Apr 16, 2009

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