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GARDEN CRAFT IN EUROPE 



BATH OF JOAN THE MAD. 



A popular Anda- 

 lusian verse runs : — 



Garden without water ; 



House without a roof ; 

 Wife whose talk is all 



Scolding and reproof ; 

 Husband who forgets his 

 home 



In the tavern revel : 

 Here are four things 



Ready for the Devil. 



The neighbour- 

 hood of Madrid is not 

 so conducive to good 

 gardens ; the climate 

 in winter is cold, and 

 icy winds sweep down 



from the north, whilst in summer the heat parches and burns up all vege- 

 tation, and only the public and more important private gardens can be 



kept green by liberal irrigation. 



At the Escurial, ^^^^^^mrMmf.\'m\--^ 



some thirty miles from ^||HR^9k'|_ _ 



Madrid, are several 



lovely gardens. The 



monastery was origin- 

 ally built by Philip II 



as a cell in which to 



spend his last days, 



but was added to by 



succeeding kings and 



converted at last into 



a luxurious palace ; 

 gardens 

 created 



by Philip IV. The ' 



Court of the Evangel- ^■ 



istS (illuS., p. 285) is INTERIOR OF THE PAVILION OF CHARLES V. 



the present 

 were mostly 



