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GARDEN CRAFT IN EUROPE 



fountains in Italy. It is generally supposed to have been executed by John 

 of Bologna. Beyond lies the orange garden, enclosed on three sides by 

 the terrace. One of the grottos, that devised by II Tribolo, still remains 

 in working order ; it is probably the finest of its kind in Italy and is decorated 

 with arabesques of different coloured shells and pebble-work with life- 

 sized animals. The garden was everywhere adorned with exquisite bronzes 



THE MODERN WATER PARTERRE AT VILLA GAMBERALA, NEAR FLORENCE. 



of animals and birds ; several of them have been removed and are now 

 among the treasures of the Bargello museum ; upon the topmost terrace 

 is a colossal recumbent figure representing the Apennines shrinking beneath 

 the shower of water thrown by a jet high into the air. 



The villa of Petraja has suffered more from the ravages of time than 

 Castello. It was a favourite resort of Cosimo I, and here he spent his 

 honeymoon with Camilla Martelli. II Tribolo's fountain, brought from 



