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effect in garden scenery, as to the fact that there are few arti- 

 zans here, as abroad, whose business it is to construct and 

 fit up architectural and other jets d'eau, 



Ttie first requisite, where a fountain is a desideratum, is a 

 constant supply of water, either from a natural source, or an 

 artificial reservoir, some distance higher than the level of the 

 surface whence the jet or fountain is to rise. Where there is 



[Fig. 67. Design for a rountiiu] 



a pond, or other body of water, on a higher level than the 

 proposed fountain, it is only necessary to lay pipes under the 

 surface to conduct the supply of water to the required spot ; 

 but where there is no such head of water, the latter must be 

 provided from a reservoir artificially prepared, and kept con- 

 stantly full. 



There are two very simple and cheap modes of effecting 

 this, which we shall lay before our readers, and one or the 

 other of which may be adopted in almost every locality. 

 The first is, to provide a large flat cistern of sufiicient size, 

 which is to be placed under the roof in the upper story of 



