XXI 

 THE CHARM OF THE WATER-FALL 



HOW TO BUILD AND MAINTAIN THIS FASCINAT- 

 ING GARDEN FEATURE 



IN beautifying home surroundings there is prob- 

 ably no other feature so neglected as the establishing 

 of water-falls. We are satisfied to form our artificial 

 lakes with piping both at the intake and the overflow 

 plain, durable, serviceable piping, it is true, and 

 entirely practical; but why not have the intake, a,t 

 least, arranged to fall over the rim of the pond or 

 lake in the form of a little water-fall 1 Or if the over- 

 flow is more picturesquely situated let a practical 

 dam be built at this point, with possibly a series 

 of low dams to form rippling cascades below the 

 main water-fall. 



The force of water required to operate the hy- 

 draulic ram or engine need not necessarily be hidden 

 in the power house in some secluded part of the gar- 

 den, as usually is done. The utilitarian feature can 

 be turned to very good account by first passing over 

 a dam designed on decorative principles. From a 

 spring in a terraced garden sufficient water can be 

 side-tracked to form a rippling cascade, or a rushing 

 water-fall, from terrace to terrace, simply by form- 



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