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regalis I ever saw ; Flowering Rush too throve in its friendly 

 neighbourhood. There is a very attractive little fountain against the 

 wall of the fruit garden at Penshurst. If the fountain be on a larger 

 scale than these the basin may be made lovely in the summer with 

 many varieties of aquatic plants, which being planted in boxes or 

 pots can be removed to the greenhouse before the frosts set in. 



One of the great merits of a fountain in a garden to the true lover 

 of nature is the. attraction it forms for the birds ; they will haunt its 

 neighbourhood with delightful persistency, bathing and drinking at all 

 hours of the day. 



A fountain for the exclusive benefit of the birds was made in a 

 garden in New England by sinking a saucer-shaped hollow, about 

 6 inches deep, in the lawn, which was allowed to become grass-grown 

 like the rest of the turf ; in the centre stood up a jet which threw up 

 a very fine spray. For an hour or two every morning and evening 

 this was turned on, soon filling the hollow to the brim the effect was 

 very pretty with the grass at the bottom of the water, and the birds 

 soon learned to know the hours of the bath and came in flocks to 

 enjoy it. G. H. B. 



Loggia Dropmore. 

 Engraved from a photograph by Mr. J. James. 



