Water in the Formal Garden. 



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holds the pail-hook and supports a pulley. 

 Heads which are carved of grey and other 

 dark-hued stones are more suitable for 

 English gardens than those of white marble, 

 which are apt to look harsh and staring. 

 Many of them are adorned with the arms 

 of families represented now in Italy by 

 nothing but the memory of their names 



FIG. 234. A MODERN WELL-HEAD. 



and the bravely-carved heraldic achieve- 

 ments on a well-head. One of the two old 

 examples in Istrian stone illustrated in 

 Figs. 233 and 235 once belonged to the Mar- 

 cello family, now extinct. The other is 

 ornamented with simple and appropriate 

 representations of a water vessel. Such 



FIG. 233. OF ISTRIAN STONE. 



FIG. 235. ITALIAN WELL-HEAD WITH 

 "OVERTHROW." 



