It does not offend if the small tank takes some conventional shape. A sunken tub is essentially round, and a wooden or iron box will unavoidably be square-cornered. A brick or concrete construction, if not over ten feet long, may be rectangular. But if possible avoid geometry in the garden. A bald circle with a gaping ring of cement between the sod and the water is not a thing of beauty, though ponds of geometrical figure edged with stone coping are effective in formal gardens.
Possibly the best of all is a narrow, curving pool, like the bed of some slow stream. Let it widen out here and there into broad, open stretches if you wish. At the ends, also, or in shallow pockets on the side, the water may give place to a bog garden. On the north side a thicket of trees and shrubs may come out to the water’s edge. But keep the south side clear, so as to admit every available ray from the sun.
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