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Fig. 10. — Fountain. 

 As I have said that a fountain may be had at a little cost 

 beyond that of the pipes and their laying, and at the same time 

 be made to harmonize with tree and surrounding, I offer the 

 illustration, fig. 10, which is simply varied pieces of rock laid up 

 around the center pipe, and having a wire-work frame, into the 

 meshes of which are woven various colored stones as the basin 

 or urn. A circular pipe surrounds it, over which is laid a pave- 

 ment of stone in mosaic work, and from between which 

 numerous smaller jets of water arise. In the plinth of the 

 structure, amid the rocks, ferns and water-plants are planted. 

 The mosaic pavement is level with the surrounding turf, with 

 just sufficient dip toward the center to draw the waste water, 

 which passes off by means of a pipe beneath. 



