THE DECORATIVE TREATMENT OF WATER. 



year are hot enough to justify their creation, they appear to be the result of an exaggerated 

 effort. There is, however, no reason for the very marked dearth of architectural cascades 

 on a simple scale, unless it be the difficulty which would often be experienced in obtaining 

 a sufficiently large supply of water at a great enough elevation above the residence, 

 which is usually built on a hillside with the stream in the hollow below. While this 

 may prevent the formation of a large stepped cascade, however, some such arrangement as 

 that shown in illustration No. 249, should be possible in many situations. This gives 

 the lowest of a series of tazzae which it is proposed to construct on the hillside, each 

 with its outlet spouting into the one below, an arrangement which would not demand a 

 large volume of water. The one shown is designed for and executed in granite for 

 erection in the neighbourhood of Dartmoor, thus emphasizing a local characteristic, but in 

 other districts, where the native material would allow of a lighter treatment, a more 

 elaborate and lighter " motif " might be adopted. 



FIG. 249. WALL FOUNTAIN (FIRST OF A SERIES) AT HANNAFORD, DEVONSHIRE. 



The formal water lily pond is a delightful feature which is growing in popularity in this Water lily 

 country. In illustrations Nos. 240, 248, 251 and 256, are shown examples erected in ponds. 

 recent years from designs by the author, and it will be seen that, in almost every case, they 

 fulfil the functions of a fountain as well as providing a large mirror for surrounding foliage 

 or architecture. In fact the water lily pond may be considered as occupying a middle 

 place between the fountain basin with its very restricted area of water surface on the one 

 hand, and the large formal canal on the other, and to partake to some extent of the 

 nature of both. 



It thus follows that they form most delightful features which are adapted to 

 gardens of very varying size and kind, and they have in addition the pre-eminent 

 advantage of introducing to the garden whole families of plants which would otherwise 

 be absent. 



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