286 GARDEN CRAFT IN EUROPE 



and Madrid in the eighteenth century. At the present day the best are 

 at Madrid, Valencia, and Barcelona. 



As gardens in the country, except those attached to palaces, are rarely 

 to be met with, greater attention has been devoted to those of towns, and thus 



A MODERN PATIO, ALGECIRAS 



we find that the fatio, or internal courtyard, is the most striking feature 

 of all {important Spanish houses. It is the direct descendant of the old 

 Roman atrium with its impluvium and complumum, as may still be seen at 

 Pompeii, and in some ways it corresponds with the cortile of the Italians. 



