THE SQUARE DU TEMPLE. 



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summer. A great advantage of the system of watering em- 

 ployed is that walks and every surface may he washed and 

 saturated with ease ; for on hot days it is desirable that the 

 whole garden be moist and cool. A very splendid effect was 

 afforded here by a great mass of Caladium esculentum, 

 planted in a groundwork of the deep crimson Amaranthus 

 tricolor, the whole edged with a wide hand of silvery 

 Gnaphalium. There is also a small pond with water plants, 



Fig. 36. 



The Square du Temple. 



a piece of rockwork, and two fine examples of the weeping- 

 willow —always among the best ornaments of a garden. 

 The larger specimen is said to be four centuries old. Small 

 ponds in city squares, however, are in very doubtful taste, as 

 usually arranged. In a town possessing an abundant 

 supply of water it is possible to make some grand features 

 with it occasionally; but the number of small ponds should 

 not be increased. They are usually dirty-surfaced, and 

 besides seem out of place in a square from which the 

 buildings around are not hidden. This square was formed 



