one, though a path which leads tram the house to the 

 grove is interesting on account of the unusual open 

 character given it by the use of deciduous trees- 

 something quite unusual in Italian villas. 



There are other interesting corners to be studied in 

 the minor villas at Frascati a small flower-garden 

 here and an ilex walk there, and fountains and abrupt 

 stairways and architectural details; but the great 

 charm of the villas at Frascati in their now dilapidated 

 condition is in their beautiful sites, placed as they are 

 high above the campagna. 



With such magnificent views, and with slopes so 

 delightfully accidental, it seems it would be difficult 

 for an artist-gardener not to produce beautiful results, 

 particularly as the Italians in their construction of 

 summer villas rarely allowed ideas of convenience to 

 interfere with their desire to produce a beautiful effect. 



