|N Rome the most important villa, on ac- 

 count of its size, is the Borghese ; but 

 here very little now remains beyond the 

 main forms of the original plan. Especially that in- 

 time portion of the gardens immediately surrounding 

 the house has been allowed to go to decay. There 

 is no large flower-garden making a feature in itself, 

 though at the time the villa was kept up a great 

 many flowers were grown throughout the place, and 

 there were several small flower-gardens of minor im- 

 portance. There were two of these of especial in- 

 terest, one at either end of the casino ; but nothing 

 now remains of them but the high walls by which 

 they were enclosed, and some traces of the fountains. 

 Beyond the fine avenue and walks, the one feature 

 of interest in the Borghese at present is the Piazza 

 di Siena the old race-course and how much of 

 this may be the result of change it is difficult to 

 know, it is, however, so delightful now that one 

 does not care to be too curious about its past. Its 



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