160 TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Britain, in which rest the remains of her husband, the Emperor 
Frederick III. Passing on, the gardens and pleasure-grounds 
of Marly presented many charming features in the best style 
of landscape design, and were richly embellished with choice trees 
and shrubs, and a profusion of beautiful flowering plants. 
Immediately beyond Marly, the far-famed Park and Gardens of 
Sans-Souci were entered near the main gate, at which stands 
the Great Obelisk. Sans-Souci owes its origin to Frederick the 
Great, who spent much of his time here in designing and building 
the palace, and in constructing the magnificent terraced gardens 
and extensive pleasure-grounds which lie around it, in nearly 
every style of landscape art. Approaching the palace through 
the winter garden, in which clipped hedges and formal banks of 
shrubs, with choice conifers from North-west America and Japan, 
are the most striking features, the Great Fountain is seen near 
the foot of the terraces, throwing its waters into the air to a 
height of fully a hundred feet. The way to the palace lies up the 
spacious flights of the grand stair, leading from terrace to terrace 
until the grand plateau in front of the palace is reached, at a 
height of about seventy feet above the basin of the Great Fountain. 
From this coign of vantage a glorious view is obtained of the 
magnificent panorama, with the Great Fountain in the fore- 
ground, and, as a whole, forming a masterpiece of landscape 
beauty. 
The grand terraces, six in number, extend far to the right and 
left, and are richly decorated with ornamental piers, balustrades, 
vases, and statuary. The walls of the terraces are covered with 
narrow, old-fashioned glass-houses, in which peaches, figs, and 
other fruits and plants are cultivated; but these houses are much 
out of harmony with their surroundings, and add nothing to the 
interest or beauty of the scene. The flower-gardens are in the 
Italian style, and are richly decorated with handsome vases, 
statues, groups of sculpture, and fountains. Among the most 
striking embellishments are the large number of fine orange trees 
set in tubs, and the brilliantly coloured flowers and foliage which 
enliven the parterres. 
To the right, on the way to the Northern Garden, or Pinetum, 
the famous Windmill is seen, which, says popular tradition, the 
owner doggedly refused to sell to Frederick the Great, but it has 
now long been Royal property. In the Northern Garden are 
specimens of all the coniferous family that will bear the rigours 
of a Prussian winter, with many fine examples of the best species 
and varieties. Turning to the left, the way was through the 
Sicilian Garden, richly embellished with rare and choice plants, 
statuary, vases, and fountains. 
Proceeding southward through the richly wooded pleasure- 
