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TAKES AND PLEASURE- GROUNDS • 



even there it should have some accordance with the 

 expression of surrounding objects. Fountains are gen- 

 erally made of stone or iron. The former material 

 seems preferable ; but where light and fanciful shapes 

 are wanted, iron or even glass may be employed. 



Jets d'Eau are jet fountains on a large scale. In 

 this country they are seldom seen in any other form 

 than that of the nozzle of a strong pipe in the center 

 of a pond, throwing up a thick column of water to a 

 considerable height. They are generally too large for 

 terraces or flower-gardens. They may be introduced 

 into some of the principal lawns in sight of the house, 

 and in such situations, especially when partially backed 

 or encompassed with trees, they are extremely brilliant 

 and effective. It must be owned that there is seldom 

 a supply of water copious enough to maintain such 

 water-works in continuous action. 



Besides the power of introducing artificial water 

 into a park or pleasure-ground, the propriety of so 

 introducing it remains to be determined, and that is a 

 matter sometimes requiring to be carefully weighed 

 and considered. There are certain cases in which 

 such attempts approach to manifest absurdity. It is 

 possible, for ex-ample, to conceive a limited place with 

 a mansion-house beautifully seated on an eminence, 

 from which the ground slopes on at least three sides, 

 and the whole of the kept grounds might be on these 

 slopes. Water might undoubtedly be brought from 

 the fourth side, and a fountain or two might be per- 

 fectly admissible, or even desirable ; but certainly an 

 artificial lake or river, or even pond, on the slopes, 

 could be nothing less than ridiculous. It is, if possible, 



