Water in the Formal Garden. 



149 



than a tank of 



three or four feet 



in depth with 



only a few inches 



of water in the 



bottom, the more 



so as its walls 



are apt to be 



slimy. When 



water is scarce 



in rainless 



seasons this may 



be unavoidable, 



but there is little 



excuse for a per- 



m a n e n 1 1 y low ^scale nfl^^A t f ' 



level, which is 



PLAN 



J=!=J=LJ FEET 



FIG. iqO. — A SIMPLE SHAPE. 



PLAN- 



I I I I I 



FIG, 200. — WITH JET AND CASCADE. 



12 GO I 254-^6789 10 II 



,3CALE ^^I'li I ' I I I ' I I I I I FEET 



WATEE, 



■ WATEB- 



^ POND FOB THE 

 END OF A S^TH 



PLAN 



I '1' 1' FEET 



FIG. J.99. — WITH RAISED INLET. 



usually the result of placing 

 the inlet and outlet too low 

 in the wall of the pool, x^t 

 Morton House, Hatfield, Mr. 

 A. Winter Rose has set in 

 a paved court a round pool 

 which groups pleasantly with 

 the loggia and a statue in 

 its niche (Fig. 190). The 

 shapes which garden pools 

 can take are almost endless 

 in their possible variety, but 

 it is usually well to be 

 satisfied with simple forms. 

 The illustrations of this 

 chapter show rectangles in 

 various proportions, which 

 are generally dictated b}- 

 the paved court or grass 

 plat in which they are set. 

 Two types of oblongs \\'ith 

 curved ends are illustrated, 

 from the gardens of Wootton 



Lodge, Staffordshire, and 



