270 GARDEN PLANNING 



hardly a legitimate accessory for a small gar- 

 den, unless it is quite an unobtrusive affair. 

 Its most useful application is as an adjunct to a 



Fig- 93- Wooden sundials 



small pond where goldfish are kept. It helps 

 aerate the water and therefore to keep the 

 fish supplied with the oxygen which they need 

 for respiration. 



Without a constant water supply a foun- 

 .tain is not worth having. The only condition 

 which would tempt me to install a fountain on 

 a small scale would be the presence in my gar- 

 den on high ground of a spring or stream of 

 running water which could be tapped to supply 

 it. It would then only be necessary to connect 



