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PLUME:seething and foaming plumes produced by this head create an architectural feature, best operated from a simple but substantial pool.display.traditional fountain that produces continuous tiered circles of water gently falling in a pyramid-shaped. A rockery, with its layers of large rocks and colorful alpine plants, can make a very striking feature if executed properly. Resembling a rocky outcrop on a mountain or a cliff face, it is an ideal way to link the different garden levels.

Long thin backyards can also be treated in this way, so that it is never possible to see down the full length of the long axis. It also helps if you try to arrest the eye with some major feature in the foreground or middle distance, such as a circular lawn or a striking ("specimen") tree, or place horizontal features like low walls, wide steps, blocks, or hedges across the axis. In a less symmetrical garden, place features down the sides— perhaps a painted seat or the striking trunks of a multi-stemmed tree—so your eye will swerve and pause.

One of the most striking features of the distribution of volcanoes is their arrangement along lines or narrow elongated zones. This feature is particularly well illustrated in the Pacific and cir-cum-Pacific regions. The alignment can best be explained by assuming that the original molten material has ascended along deep-seated fractures, although it is usually emitted at the surface only at certain favored points.