PRACTICAL BOOK OF GARDEN ARCHITECTURE 



keeping it of ample dimensions to provide for exces- 

 sive overflow. 



The picturesque water-fall of unusual height and 

 vigor is often found to be serving a very useful pur- 

 pose, while contributing to ornamentation. Investi- 

 gation may show that it is running a water-wheel for 

 one of the engines forcing the house supply to the 

 receiving tank. When it is necessary to erect a 

 little power house, or enclosed space for housing 

 the small apparatus for pumping the water, let it 

 be in the form of an ornamental garden build- 

 ing. Then with a water-fall attractively devised, 

 it will give additional beauty while providing an ade- 

 quate fall of water for running the apparatus. "When 

 constructed merely for the purpose of adding to the 

 many fascinations of running water in the garden, 

 the water-fall is sure to be a success. But it is even 

 more pleasing when it serves a useful purpose. 



