GERMAN AND AUSTRIAN GARDENS 



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the fourth being enclosed by the Schloss ; triple rows of limes bordered the 

 moat and the angles were marked by pavilions in the form of small Roman 

 temples. Large sandstone statues of ancient heroes and handsome stone 



A TREILLAGE NICHE AND FOUNTAIN AT MIRABELL. 



vases mark the intersecting points of the parterre, and at one side the old 

 garden theatre still remains ; with its coulisses of high hornbeam hedges 

 and the inclined stage decorated with rows of statues ; opposite rises the 



