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plants to grow in, or for fine arrangements of ferns 

 and other flowers. Placed at regular intervals in 

 the garden, or on the terrace, these simple ornaments 

 add brightness and elegance to the scene. 



Fountains 



In Elizabethan gardens the fountain was a fa- 

 miliar feature, and fountains were very elaborate 

 with regard to their construction. 



Bacon says: 



"For fountains they are a great beauty and re- 

 freshment: the one that sprinkleth or spouteth 

 water; the other, a fair receipt of water of some 

 thirty or forty foot. For the first, the ornaments of 

 images gilt, or marble, which are in use, do well. 

 Also some steps up to it and some fine pavement 

 about doth well. As for the other kind of fountain, 

 which may be called a bathing-pool, it may admit 

 much curiosity and beauty, as that the bottom be 

 finely paved, and with images ; the sides likewise and 

 withal embellished with colored glass and such 

 things of luster encompassed also with fine rails of 

 low statues." 



Hentzner saw three famous fountains on his visit 



