100 Ornamental Fountains. 
A basket and ball, to play in the jet, might be also added to 
the lillies which would render it still more attracting. This 
could be made in one or two days, and as there can be no objection 
on account of expense, leaving off the ornaments, if there is a sup- 
ply of water, and now since the introduction of the hydraulic 
ram, a supply may be raised to almost any height, with compar- 
atively little expense, where a fall of a few feet can be obtained 
to work the machine, w^e see no reason why one may not be 
erected on almost every farm. 
Fig. 7 — (See first page.) 
This consists of an urn, with a square base, five feet high, with 
additional ornaments above the urn, consisting of swans, figures 
and scrolls. This forms a beautiful ornament. It is neat, chaste, 
and lively. The urn should be placed on a rock or pile of stones 
in the centre of the basin. 
Around the basin may be seen a low ornamental fence of cast 
iron, pannels two feet long, and about eighteen inches high, which 
adds much to the appearance of the fountain. It is said to be 
very easily put together or taken apart, and fitted to a circle of 
any size. The expense of this is about one dollar per foot. 
Heretofore it was considered necessary to construct fountains of 
stone or marble, but latterly cast iron has been found on some ac- 
counts preferable. When water runs on marble for any length ol 
time, it becomes covered with green vegetable matter that pene- 
trates the stone, which once discolored cannot again be restored 
to its original beauty; and in a cold climate marble is affected by 
frost so as to scale and injure its appearance. These objections do 
not exist against iron, while it can be formed into the most beauti- 
ful figures at less than half the price of marble. 
Cast iron fountains of various forms and sizes have been got up 
in a very superior style and finish by Mr. Dudley L. Farnam, Ful- 
ton street. New York, which range in price from $10 to $1500. 
Out of twenty-six patterns which he has advertised, we have 
selected for illustration, four of the lower prices, 
