FOUNTAINS. 



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a large supply of water, and can never fountain to be placed in the centre of the 

 be applied where that element is scanty. flower-garden, in the south front of Nut- 

 Fig. 852 is a design by M. de Rous, hill, {vide Plate XXIX.) This fountain 

 an artist of considerable celebrity, for a has not as yet been executed, but it is 



Fig. 852. 



intended to be so. The diameter of the 

 basin is 15 feet, and the height to which 

 the water may be thrown is much greater, 

 on account of the pressure secured by 

 the formation of a capacious reservoir 

 in the woods, at a considerable elevation 

 above the garden. Like the other foun- 

 tains, figs. 853 and 854, this is to be 

 of stone, of an excellent colour, fine 

 grain, and great capability for standing 

 the weather. The fountains, figs. 853 

 and 854, have now been in operation 

 several years, and in no part show the 

 least symptoms of decay. The stone is 

 obtained from a quarry in the same 

 county, and the execution of the designs 

 has been intrusted to Mr John Howie, 

 sculptor, Edinburgh, who has performed 

 his part, in the case of those already- 

 erected, in a most satisfactory manner. 

 Mr Howie's sculpture establishment is 

 w r ell worth a visit by those interested in 



the sculptural department of garden de- 

 coration. 



Fig. 853 is one of those already erected 

 Fig. 853. 



in the same garden, and is placed in the 

 centre of the flower-garden on the west 

 front of the mansion. The basin in this 



