Fountain Head: Make sure the fountain head will create the right effect for the water feature. BELL: a fountain that produces a sculptural, almost semi-circular sphere of water which falls in a bell shape from a central pipe.
BUBBLE: this head makes a natural-looking, low fountain of water which bubbles up gently as though issuing from a spring.
COLUMN: two or three columns of white water shoot up in a neat and stylized manner. This works well for a modern design.
GEYSER: the geyser fountain forces water up into the air, sometimes to a great height, to give a natural-looking rush of foaming white water and a gushing sound.
ANOTHER ATTRACTIVE water feature is a fountain which, like a waterfall, is operated by a submersible Pump sitting on the Floor of the pool, or on a platform of bricks or blocks if the pool is deep. Indeed, some pumps combine a fountain with a Flexible hose outlet that can feed a waterfall as well.
The important thing is to choose a fountain that will not overpower the effect of your pool. It should not shoot its jets so high that wind-blown spray falls outside the pool, nor should it be over-elaborate if the pool is small. Fountains are ideal for formal pools but should not be included in those that are supposed to look natural—the two just don't go together.
In most cases the fountain outlet simply projects above the Pump and it can usually be fitted with a range of fountain heads that vary the pattern of the water jets. The Pump should be positioned so that the head just projects above the level of the water in the pool, if necessary raised on a piece of paving.See Also Orfeus Fountain In Front:In sculpture, Carl Milles—see his works at Millesgdrden, on Lidingo, in island suburb of Stockholm, also his Sun Singer on Stockholm's Parlia-nent Island and his Orfeus Fountain in front of the Concert Hall—at-ained international fame, establishing a studio in Cranbrook, Michigan, vhere he still works occasionally, although he has lately spent much time n Rome and Sweden. Both he and Carl Eldh, another sculptor of inter-lational fame, were born in 1875. The latter died in 1954. (See Eldh's [Tie Dance, an interesting work in the garden of Stockholm's Town Hall.)
By far the best idea is to run it through a plastic conduit about 24in underground, making sure it is where you won't be digging in the future. This will provide total protection.
Place the Pump in the pool, on a piece of paving if necessary, to bring it up to the required height.
Ornamental fountains
Connect the Pump to the fountain jet. If the fountain plinth is hollow, hide the Pump inside it.
On The Other Hand See Fountain -like:All plants fall into one of a number of basic shape categories, the plants in each category fulfilling a similar role in the overall scheme. There is the tall upright shape of fastigiate trees and conifers which leads the eye upward and commands attention, especially when used repeatedly in a group or row. The effect is the same whatever the scale. Low rounded shapes or domes are equally arresting, but in a more earthbound way. They sit heavily upon the ground and fix the eye. Fans or fountain -like shapes offer a softer touch, lifting the eye but in a gentler, lighter way than a conifer. A more extreme version of this effect is the weeping shape, less visually static than the sphere and less busy than the fountain -like.
Howard Bearing Johnson was an undistinguished patent medicine salesman in 1925, when he borrowed $500 from a friend to swing the purchase of a small retail store in Quincy, Massachusetts. The primary feature of patent medicine stores in the 1920s was a soda fountain -like for mixing "medicinal" tonics and flavored syrups with carbonated water. Howard Johnson's soda fountain -like also served soft drinks concocted from flavored syrups, but his real love was ice cream. His store sold three flavors—vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry.
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