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garden. In such a case it is good to make a virtue of a necessity and use the 

 well as an opportunity for an interesting architectural feature. In Fig. 239 is 

 shown a well and pump-house at Pitsford, which Mr. Morley Horder has treated 

 attractively. The roof space serves as a pigeon-cote. 



It is hoped that this chapter may give a stimulus to the use of water in the formal 

 garden. Its employment as a decorative element fell into great neglect during the 

 Victorian period, and is even now imperfectly understood. It is true that it took an 

 important place in some of the big gardens which owed their design to such men 



F'lG. 23S. — AT SUTTON COURTENAY. 



