GARDEN DESIGN IN SPAIN 



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A FOUNTAIN AT THE ALHAMBRA. 



of this wonder- 

 ful palace. The 



Court of the 



Lions, which is 



now gravelled 



over, would 



be much finer 



if its original 



garden could 



be restored 



with its wealth 



of flowers; 



again the de- 

 lightful little 



patio of Lin- 



daraja, or the 



larger garden overlooked by the mosque^ how exquisite could both be made by 



the restoration of. their water courses, tiled benches and gay flower-beds ! As 



you enter through 

 the Gate of Justice 

 a flight of steps 

 leads to the beauti- 

 ful little garden of 

 Los Adarves on 

 the way to the 

 Torre de la Vela, 

 laid out by Charles 

 V on the bastions 

 of the fortress 

 wall as hanging 

 gardens with foun- 

 tains, busts and 

 cinquecento sculp- 

 ture, of which 

 alas very little 



THE PATIO OF LINDARAJA, ALHAMBRA. rCmainS. 



