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Water in the Formal Garden. 



as Sir Joseph Paxton, but it was not very wisely employed. As early as 1821 Paxton 

 made a large lake at Battlesden Park, where he was employed as gardener, and he 

 was responsible for the great fountains at Chatsworth. The work of his school, how- 

 ever, showed no sound appreciation of the possibilities of water. The lessons of 

 Versailles and Hampton Court had been w r asted as far as the nineteenth century was 

 concerned. Especially was this the case in the use of water as an element in the design 

 of small gardens. The qualities that make for successful treatment of limited spaces 

 are the same in principle as in the case of big areas ; the differences are only 

 in detail. 



We need not be so dogmatic as Bernard Palissy, the great French potter of the 

 sixteenth century, who wrote : ' It is impossible to have a spot proper for a garden 

 unless there be some fountain or stream passing through it." Nevertheless, our 

 illustrations show how great an aid water brings to the designer of gardens, and 

 with water companies spreading their mains far into country districts, much can be 

 done without the ideal means of a natural stream. 



FIG. 239. PUMP-HOUSE AT PITSFORD. 



