-140 WALL AND WATER GARDENS 



seen in some of the old Italian gardens. Sometimes 

 a fountain basin will rise out of the path or pavement 

 with a dwarf wall of stone or marble some two feet 

 high, panelled and enriched, and surmounted by a cop- 

 ing so nearly flat that it forms a convenient seat, while 

 the water within rises nearly to the cornice moulding. 

 In the case of very large basins they are often and 

 beautifully surrounded by an open balustrade, good 

 to lean upon, while the water remains at or a little 

 below the ground level. 



