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The automatic and intermittent jet is 
simplicity itself. Some arrangement 
must he provided to take care of the 
overflow 
utilized to irrigate part of the garden proper, 
or in the more formal scheme it may be 
carried ofif through an underground pipe. 
The Intermittent Jet 
Should you not care for any of the con¬ 
ventional “architectural” fountain designs, 
and wish something simpler, several good 
possibilities lie in the various forms of jet 
arrangements which anyone with a little in¬ 
genuity can install. One of the most ef¬ 
fective of these is the intermittent jet which 
operates as regularly as clockwork, quite to 
the mystification of the uninitiated beholder. 
This system is almost absurdly simple, 
and entirely automatic in operation so long 
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Proper p I a n ting leaves 
mxich of the surface to fill 
its place as mirror 
Perfect symmetry and sur¬ 
roundings. a water treat¬ 
ment seldom equaled 
Where space permits, a 
series of connected pools is 
sometimes desirable 
