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LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



Weeping, or Tazza Fountains as they are called, are 



simple and highly pleasing objects which require only a 



ni^TiTT'^'rTTS'^ i ^^''y nioderate supply of water com- 



I'Jlj^^^^^^^!^ ;,';';; pared with that demanded by a con- 



jiV/' v|jljl|i:^^^'; /' ■;i ['i:i('; stant and powerful jet. The conduit 



:i ;ijl;^.'''!' t^iji|^ -|! I ||i|:^|'- pipe rises through and fills the vase, 



rp:, .„ ' , p , . , which is so formed as to overflow 



[fig. ba. 'lazza luuntaiii.J 



round its entire margin. Figure 69 represents a beautiful 

 Grecian vase for tazza fountains. The ordinary jet and the 

 tazza fountain may be combined in one, when the supply of 

 water is sufficient, by carrying the conduit pipe to the level 

 of the top of the vase, from which the water rises perpen- 

 dicularly, then falls back into the vase and overflows as 

 before. 



We might enumerate and figure a great many other 

 designs for fountains ; but the connoisseur will receive 

 more ample information on this head than we are able to 

 afford, from the numerous French works devoted to this 

 branch of Rural Embellishment, 



A species of rustic fountain which has a good effect, is 

 made by introducing the conduit pipe or pipes among the 

 groups of rockwork alluded to, from whence (the orifice of 

 the pipe being concealed or disguised,) the water issues 

 among the rocks either in the form of a cascade, a weeping 

 fountain, or a perpendicular jet. A little basin of water is 

 formed at the foot or in the midst of the rockwork ; and the 

 cool moist atmosphere afforded by the trickling streams, 

 would offer a most congenial site for aquatic plants, ferns, 

 and mosses. ' ' '■''■ ''' 



'■' Fotitttains 5f a h%hl"y '^i'tTfi'fcial character are happily situ- 

 ated only when they are placed in the neighbourhood of 

 buildings qjiid ar,cj;^i,f,epturfil forms. When only a single 



