There is a fine avenue of ilexes at the west end of 

 . the garden ; and there was once, at the south, an 

 elaborate system of hedges, plantations, and architec- 

 ture leading the eye off into the distance. This has 

 now all been done over in the English manner, with 

 irregular clumps of trees, and wide stretches of lawn, 

 quite out of harmony with the formal plan of the villa. 

 ^ The south wall is typical of what a garden wall should 

 ( be covered as it is with vines of every sort. These 

 ( make masses of varied greens, which, with the bloom 

 N of the flowers, is very telling against the white wall. 



