90 THE BOOK OF GARDEN FURNITURE 



rising clear and straight, and falling back with rhythmic 

 splash into the moss-grown basin beneath. We cannot 

 grow the roses, tritomas, and sweet-scented jasmine as 

 they do in the gardens of sunny Italy, but there is much 

 that we may imitate with advantage in their ways of 

 introducing water into the scene. Pretentious stonework 

 is out of place in English gardens, but among the flowers 

 and trees there can be no more grateful sight in the still 

 days of summer than the feathery spray from the moss- 

 grown fountain. 



