CHAPTER X 



THE FOTJNTAIN 



Have you ever seated yourself in your garden, 

 more especially on a warm summer day, and 

 dreamily listened to the musical tinkle of the water 

 that flowed from the mouth of the fountain, drip- 

 ping down from the over-flowing basin into the 

 pool below ? It is then you realize what an attrac- 

 tive ornament it is for your garden for it appeals 

 not only to the eye but to the ear. Lowell pictur- 

 esquely describes his idea of this bit of garden fur- 

 nishing when he speaks of it as "leaping and flash- 

 ing," in the sunlight. 



While the pergola, the garden seat and the sun- 

 dial each have their own appropriate use, they 

 serve one purpose only. Not so the fountain, which 

 never fails to convey a delightful impression of 

 coolness, as it gurgles and murmurs, on its way. 

 Surely there is nothing that gives to the garden a 

 more picturesque charm than this, standing like a 



spot of color in a viyid setting of bright flowering 

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