Water in the Formal Garden. 



FIG. 193. SMALL POOL AND NICHE AT ATHELHAMPTON. 



there is a changeful beauty in the dim outlines and fleeting colours of 

 reflected things that no other element in garden design can give. In order to 

 ensure these effects it is important that the water should be kept at its proper 

 level, which is as high as is possible. The nearer it is to the kerb of the pool, the 

 wider and more beautiful will be the reflections. Nothing looks more dreary 



FIG. 194. IN A PETERSFIELD GARDEN. 



