|HE impression left by this garden is one 

 of great tangle, and of a profusion of grow- 

 ing things mixed with the most charming 

 garden statuary. On entering through the palace, 

 one finds one's self in a broad avenue of cypresses; 

 to the left is the flower -garden, and to the right a 

 grove, arranged in open spaces among the trees, with 

 fountains as centres. At the end of the cypress walk 

 is a high and very precipitous hill -side, which forms 

 the background of the garden, and is densely cov- 

 ered with evergreen trees and shrubs. On this hill- 

 side one catches glimpses here and there of architect- 

 ural construction, and at the top is a small temple, 

 with a terrace which overlooks the garden and house, 

 and beyond that the City of Verona. The garden 

 has been allowed to go very much to ruin in its de- 

 tails. Fewof the old fountains are running, many 

 of them being filled up with earth and planted with 

 flowers, sometimes with a statue marking its centre. 



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