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manner would be impracticable. The beauty of a foun- 

 tain depends largely upon having a sufficient water sup- 

 ply to make the streams strong and animated, and also 

 upon its style and setting. The best fountain designs 

 and figures can never make up for inadequate water sup- 

 ply. On the other hand, a fountain with no figure, and 

 consisting only of one or more strong streams from noz- 

 zles placed at the surface of the water is usually very 

 satisfactory. 



Both stone and iron basins are used for fountains, but 

 so far as appearances go, the former consisting of a cut 

 stone coping, with a well constructed cement bottom, is 

 to be perferred. 



Where the water of a garden is suitable for fish and 

 water fowl, it is desirable to introduce some of these for 

 ornament. Water fowls soil a garden to some extent, 

 on which account, if for no other, they must not be in- 

 troduced too freely. Small garden ponds converted into 

 washing pools for poultry are an abomination, and yet 

 they may sometimes be met with looking quite as bad as 

 this. The subject of Aquatic and Bog Plants is somewhat 

 discussed in Parts II and IV. 



CHAPTER XXII. 

 HEDGES AND CLIPPED TREES. 



That peculiarity of some trees which allows. of their 

 being closely clipped with shears, and by this means kept 

 compact and dense, when they would naturally reach a 

 large size, is turned to account in the garden, particularly 

 in making hedges. About all those known as hedge 

 plants are of this nature. 



Hedges, whether introduced for marking divisions, or 



