Fountains
In connection with garden, conservatory, and room decorations, Fountains are represented in various forms, and are constructed in sizes varying from specimens of the most minute description in a room, to an enormous display of waterworks, as shown in extensive public gardens and other establishments. An important point in the introduction of a Fountain is the selection of a situation that is at once appropriate and in keeping with surrounding objects. The centre of an inclosed flower garden, of a formal description and geometrically laid out, could not, perhaps, be better occupied than with a Fountain and circular basin, having a walk round it in connection with other cross walks formed at right angles. Intersecting points are best in any case, on account of the means thereby supplied of utilising the water from the basin. Either a single jet or an indefinite number, if desired, must be in connection with an elevated reservoir or other source of supply from which a force can be obtained, and they may be fixed so as to conduct the water in various directions, and cause it to disperse and descend in minute particles. The jets are best arranged amongst a pile of rockwork or large stones, that help to conceal them from view when the water is stopped. A Fountain has a cooling effect in a conservatory, in summer; and when constructed in a prominent position, as in the centre, it is invariably a source of attraction. In some of the most extensive and beautiful summer floral decorations, a small Fountain is introduced, with flowers of various Nymphaeas, &c., dropped in the water beneath. This forms an interesting and novel addition, and one that is generally much admired.