202 PAKKS AND PLEASUKE-GROU^'DS. 



Having indulged, for some years, in the play of a jet 

 fountain in our own grounds, we know somewhat of 

 this item belonging to it. Most of the statuesque im- 

 agery through which the fountains play in American 

 grounds, is little short of monstrosity, or caricature. 

 Instead of a deformed and unhappy looking piece of 

 sculpture in the similitude of swan, goose, or other 

 water-fowl ; a dolphin, mermaid, or any piscatorial 

 design ; or even a classic imitation of any sort of hu- 

 manity, through a distorted limb or feature of which 

 the water may play, let the fabrication be some neat 

 pattern of mechanic art in the way of iron or stone. 

 Various models of these may be found in the shops 

 of our principal cities, wdiich are becoming and grace- 

 ful ornaments. — Ed. 



