and leading to other lines of trees which mark the 

 boundary. The whole plan of the villa is well held 

 together by a system of stone-pines, which are planted 

 at intervals, ending in a group of circular form at the 

 extreme end. The builders of this villa were evi- 

 dently fortunate in their excavations, for they have an 

 extremely interesting collection of old Roman statuary 

 and carved stone, which they have made the basis of 

 the very simple architectural features of their plan. 

 The house itself is very simple in character, with two 

 pigeon-towers on either side, and one feels about this 

 place as if it were intended to be lived in all the year 

 round by its owner, and not simply a place to fly to 

 occasionally from the busier life of the town. 



Still farther on in the same direction are the ruins 

 of the Villa Madama, but so complete here is the gen- 

 eral wreck that nothing is to be found which in its 

 actual state could more than suggest its former gran- 

 deur. The house itself was one of unusual architect- 

 ural beauty, and there is perhaps enough left now in 

 the gardens and terraces to show how admirably and 

 harmoniously the villa was planned. But further 

 study here would be altogether a matter of research, 

 and therefore beyond the province of this book. 



