CHAPTER VI 



FOUNTAINS AND POOLS 



WHAT can give to a garden a more 

 living charm than a fountain or 

 a small pool, reflecting sky and 

 flowers on its sparkling surface ? Ever 

 changing in form and color, the fountain 

 is as much a living thing as the surround- 

 ing flowers that set off its beauty. More- 

 over, it has an air of permanency that the 

 flowers have not. 



We must regret that water for the sake 

 of its beauty is not more extensively used 

 in gardens. The only practical objections 

 are the difficulties sometimes encountered 

 in finding a suitable supply, and the fact 

 that mosquitoes breed in it. However, 

 most country places have water in suf- 

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