Ornamental Fountains. 
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Fig. 8— Price $40. 
This consists of a square base; two feet in diameter, eight in- 
stead of four leaves as represented in the cut, supporting a pan 
twenty-eight inches in diameter, and a swan two feet six inches 
high. The iron fountains only require to be properly painted 
two or three times in the course of the year to keep them looking 
as well as when first put up; after a few times painting only, 
spring and fall, which gives it decided advantages over marble for 
a fountain. 
The most common figures in ancientfountains, was the dolphin, 
a classical representation of one of the most beautiful inhabitants 
of the ocean, and present very appropriate emblems for a display 
of jets of water. 
"VVTiere there is a small stream of water near a garden level, 
the cost of such a fountain will be trifling, and even where the 
water must be supplied by artificial power, there are abundant 
ways and means to facilitate the procuring a cheap supply. 
