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NOTES ON DECORATIVE GAEDENING. 
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sion, as Trell as design, are points to be considered in tlie construction of objects intended to pi-oduce 
a certain effect of grandeur. 
In places, lio-svever, where an enormous supply of -water would be impossible, very pretty effects, 
approaching even the grand, may be 
attained by judicious management. 
The water, by the assistanceof special 
contrivances, being made to appear 
more plentiful than it is, and by 
the aid of moveable heads fitting- on 
the pipe of supply, a great variety of 
effects may be produced ; but these 
should only be used on certain occa- 
sions, the simplest possible form 
being the one in which the action 
of the fountain should be commonly 
seen. 
My examples fi-om the fountains 
of Rome have not been selected to ex- 
hibit the vast scale and magnifieenee 
of the greatest of those works, many 
of which occupy great space ; being-, 
in fact, complicated sculptural ta- 
bleux, in which a great number of 
statues are required to complete the 
composition. I have rather selected 
such examples as might be applicable 
to practical pm-poses. 
ine engra-\^ng beneatn is not jjq_ 4^ — fountain of the Vatican, in thk coukt of the belvidere. 
intended to show the design of a 
foimtain which can be entirely recommended, but to exhibit the beautiful effect of a lofty jet of 
sparkling water against a background of dark foliage. 
" dans I'air s'enflammant au feux d'un soleil pur, 
Pleuvoir en gouttes d'or, d'emeraude, et d'azm-." — Delille, "ies Jardins." 
Having attempted to explain the general principles of art on which the introduction of fountains 
should be studied, I shall, in my next paper, give a few simple and practical designs, upon a less 
ambitious scale than those herein introduced, which were here necessary for the exemplification of 
the branch of the subject treated o*\ 
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