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to Inigo Jones, but is now said to be the work of a 

 later architect, named Morris. The illustrations show 

 its excellent proportions. 



Various other interesting architectural features are 

 scattered through the pleasure grounds. An orangery, 

 an exedra suggesting 

 one of those at Pom- 

 peii, a column sur- 

 mounted by a statue, 

 and a quaint Tudor 

 summer-house, built 

 of stone curiously 

 carved and orna- 

 m e n t e d, may be 

 noted as especially worthy of attention. 



It is evident that the Villa d'Este furnished many shrubiand 

 of the ideas so successfully carried out at Shrubiand 



Park. Here is one of the 

 best-planned Italian gar- 

 dens in England. All the 

 architectural features are 

 good in scale and propor- 

 tion. There are terraces, 

 pavilions, vases, and statu- 

 ary of charming design, 

 as can be seen from the illustrations. The staircases 

 connecting the terraces near the house with the pleasure 



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