)OR a flower-garden, pure and simple, there 

 is none more charming in Italy than the 

 Colonna. In the very heart of Rome, it 

 is so concealed that one might pass it a hundred 

 times without suspecting its existence. The palace 

 is at the foot of a hill, and is separated from the 

 garden by a sunken street and terraces. The street 

 is crossed by several bridges, and in looking from 

 the palace to the terraces is entirely invisible. 



The hill is very abrupt, and one is led through ilex 

 walks and up stairways, along terraces, to the flower 

 garden at its very top. The garden, however, is not 

 in so unsheltered a position as this might seem to in- 

 dicate, being protected at the south by a high hedge. 

 An iron gateway at an opening in this hedge forms the 

 entrance to the garden, and on passing through this, 

 one is immediately in the midst of a most beautiful 

 mass of bloom, where all growing things seem at their 

 best. The arrangement of the garden is very simple, 



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