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FOUNTAINS, 
[chap. X. 
work frames might be designed of much 
more elegant forms than those commonly 
sold, which an intelligent gardener might be 
easily instructed to make at his leisure hours; 
and indeed a lady with two pair of small 
pincers would find no great difficulty in 
twisting the wire herself. The great point 
is to exercise our own skill and ingenuity; 
for we all feel so much more interested in 
what we do ourselves than in what is done 
for us, that no lady is likely to become fond 
of gardening, who does not do a great deal 
with her own hands. 
Fountains . — Though fountains are more 
suitable to a hot country than to a weeping 
climate like that of England, yet it must 
be confessed they are generally a great im¬ 
provement to garden scenery. The first 
thing to be considered before erecting one, 
is where to make the reservoir; as on the 
elevation which that is above the garden, de¬ 
pends the height to which the water of the 
fountain will ascend. The length of time 
which the fountain will play depends on the 
quantity of water contained in the reservoir, 
but this has nothing to do with the height to 
