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gardens; and throughout the whole Hippodrome, 
ftreams of ivater were conveyed in pipes, to dif¬ 
ferent fpots, to water and refrefh the trees and 
verdure. 
It is obvious, that the above defcriptions bear, 
a ftriking refemblance to the tafte in gardens 
that prevailed in this country, and indeed 
throughout Europe, towards the beginning of the 
prefent century. The walks bordered with box 
and rofemary ; the terrace planted with violets, 
at the Laurentine Villa; and the court divided 
into parterre divifions, edged with box; the 
figures of animals cut out in box trees, placed 
oppofite each other, upon the Hope; with the 
furrounding walk, inclofed with tonfile ever¬ 
greens cut into fhapes, point out the fame re¬ 
femblance, in the gardens at the Tufcan Villa. 
The circular amphitheatre of box, cut into 
figures, and the walk, covered with graduated 
fhrubs, are all exaclly in the fame ftyle. The 
fountains overflowing; the marble bafons; the 
little jets d’eau about the feats, and under the 
alcove; the fudden difappearance of the water; 
the fpouts in the grafs ; the regular difpofition 
of the trees in the Hippodrome, in lines ftraighr, 
and regularly curved ; together with the arrange¬ 
ment of the different kinds behind each other, 
make one think, Pliny was rather defcribing a 
Villa of king William, or Louis XIV. than one 
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