. The book of garden management : Comprising information on laying out and planting Gardening -- Great Britain. 99 GARDEN MANAGEMENT. not be continued for any lengthened period. In no case, therelore, except in the midst of mountain scenery, where water is retained by some peculiarity of the soil, or by artificial embankments, can fountains and jets d'eau be brought into frequent use, and in the midst of these wild scenes, the natural cascade supersedes all thoughts of the artificial one. The jet d'eau at Chats- worth is, perhaps, the most perfectly satisfactory instance we have, wh
. The book of garden management : Comprising information on laying out and planting Gardening -- Great Britain. 99 GARDEN MANAGEMENT. not be continued for any lengthened period. In no case, therelore, except in the midst of mountain scenery, where water is retained by some peculiarity of the soil, or by artificial embankments, can fountains and jets d'eau be brought into frequent use, and in the midst of these wild scenes, the natural cascade supersedes all thoughts of the artificial one. The jet d'eau at Chats- worth is, perhaps, the most perfectly satisfactory instance we have, where advantage has been taken of nature, so as to bring it efficiently to the aid of art. Here, we may say, in the words of Shakspere,â " Is an art Wiiicli does mend Natureâchange it, rather; But the art is K'ature's ; â¢219. In the gardens and pleasure-grounds of this princely residence, which, in the words of its poet,â â¦' Stands in the middle of a falling ground At a black mountain's foot, whose craggy brow Secures from eastern tempests all below," advantage has been taken of the heights in question to collect the waters in a lake at a great elevation, and connect them with the jet d'eau, which forms the Emperor Fountain in the centre of the grounds. This magnificent and massive column of water rises, by its own natural force, 297 feetâthe largest artificial jet d'eau in the world. The nearest approach to this is the Wilhelm Fountain, at Hesse-Cassel, which rises 190 feet. At St. Cloud the jet rises 160; that at PeterhoflF, at St. Petersburg, 120, and the Old Fountain at Chatsworth, which supplies the copper-tree and other deceptive water-works at that palace, rises 90 feet,âthe height, also, of the principal jet d'eaii at Versailles, The lake which supplies the fountains at Chatsworth covers eight acres of gi-ound, having been enlarged by artificial means when the Emperor Fountain was laid down; but so great is the demand upon it, while the foun
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