. The Journal of horticulture, cottage gardener and country gentlemen . No. 2.—Fountains of tile Palazzo Fornesi. Carlo Maderno; and such is the magnificent character of thissimple design—the quantity of water thrown up, and falling incloudB of spray, in which, at a certain hour, one or more rain-bows are distinctly seen—that, even immediately in front of , one of the largest and most imposing buildings in theworld, their effect so far from being insignificant, is most grand No. 3.—Fountain of the Vatican, in the Court of the Belvidere. be impossible, very pretty effects, approaching
. The Journal of horticulture, cottage gardener and country gentlemen . No. 2.—Fountains of tile Palazzo Fornesi. Carlo Maderno; and such is the magnificent character of thissimple design—the quantity of water thrown up, and falling incloudB of spray, in which, at a certain hour, one or more rain-bows are distinctly seen—that, even immediately in front of , one of the largest and most imposing buildings in theworld, their effect so far from being insignificant, is most grand No. 3.—Fountain of the Vatican, in the Court of the Belvidere. be impossible, very pretty effects, approaching even the grand,may be attained by judicious management. The water, by theassistance of special contrivances, being made to appear moreplentiful than it is, and by the aid of moveable heads fitting onthe pipe of supply, a great variety of effects may be produced,but these Bhould only be used on certain occasions, the simplest May 12, 1863. ] JOURNAL OP HORTICULTUKE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 345 possible form being the one in which the action of the fountainBhould
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