. The book of garden management : Comprising information on laying out and planting Gardening -- Great Britain. 98 GARDEN ilAXAGEJIEXT. Crystal Palace, or by means of tiie hydraulic ram, a machine contrived to raise water by its own momentum—a sort of reciprocating process iu which a comparatively small quantity of water is forced up at a time; but the process being continuous and self-acting, great aggi-egate results are obtained. By this process the jet d'ecm in the gardens of the Nymphenberg at Munich rises to the height of 90 feet. These few remarks will readily account for the
. The book of garden management : Comprising information on laying out and planting Gardening -- Great Britain. 98 GARDEN ilAXAGEJIEXT. Crystal Palace, or by means of tiie hydraulic ram, a machine contrived to raise water by its own momentum—a sort of reciprocating process iu which a comparatively small quantity of water is forced up at a time; but the process being continuous and self-acting, great aggi-egate results are obtained. By this process the jet d'ecm in the gardens of the Nymphenberg at Munich rises to the height of 90 feet. These few remarks will readily account for the failure of all attempts to introduce effective fountains into our pnbhc places. According to oiu* system of finance, public money cannot be applied in any considerable amount to such purposes ; and without a large expenditure no grand result can be attained. Should the public ever take the water-supph' of London into its own hands, and a man of genius have the management, very grand effects might be p>roduced at a trifling cost, and enormous public savings effected,—especially if it could be accompanied with a comprehensive plan for isolating the water-pipes from all communication with waste gas. 223. Thus it is only where the pleasure-garden is surrounded bj^ high grounds that effective fountains can be constructed. It was by taking advantage of the rocky slopes of the Apennines, in the neighboui-hood of Tivoli and Frascati, that the Itahan villa gardens became such noble models for terraces and fountains. The Villa d'Este, beneath Tivoli, although its terraces are crumbling to ruin, and its fountains dry, is yet a wonderful creation of art, which could only have existence on the decli\-ities of a hill-side. But, though the fountain can only act where the water hes at a gi'eat elevation, or can be forced up by artificial jDower, there are other forms in which water becomes ornamental in a garden, as well as useful. 224. Where water can be obtained from a higher level th
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