PRACTICAL GARDEN FOUNTAINS 



must be carefully considered, according to the layout 

 of the grounds. The low-growing plants and blooms- 

 of the comparatively flat garden should' have a low, 

 broad spray to the fountain jet. The fine, high 

 stream spouting up from a tall figure will show to 

 good effect through a vista, or from garden struc- 

 tures on upper terraces. 



For the stone or concrete basins of amateur con- 

 struction, shape, depth, and proportion should be 

 considered. Entirely satisfactory basins may be 

 constructed at slight expense by any one who is 

 capable of building a little garden pool or lake. It 

 is best to keep the basin round where it is to have 

 a small central figure, rather than to attempt any 

 fantastic design. A square or oblong basin may 

 have the figure poised on its edge with a clump of 

 evergreen shrubbery in the background to throw it 

 in relief. A long, square-cornered basin, with jets of 

 water spouting up in many places, over the surface 

 of the water, will not require figures. For decora- 

 tive value these various sprays should glint and 

 sparkle to a height of only a foot or eighteen inches, 

 and then fall into the midst of water-lily clumps, or 

 other aquatic plants, which are apparently benefited 

 by the overhead watering. 



When the fountain basin is to serve as a water- 

 lily pond in the garden of limited space, it should be 



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