222 JOHN EVELYN 



reservoir of water here is a most admirable piece of 

 art ; and so is the grotto over against it. 



The garden (of the Palazzo di Strozzi, at Florence) 

 has every variety, hills, dales, rocks, groves, aviaries, 

 vivaries, fountaines, especialy one of five jettos, the 

 middle basin being one of the longest stones I ever saw. 

 Here is every thing to make such a paradise delightfull. 

 In the garden I saw a rose grafted on an orange-tree. 

 There was much topiary worke, and columns in archi- 

 tecture about the hedges. 



Rome. Returning home we view'd the Palazzo de 

 Medici, which was a house of the Duke of Florence, 

 neere our lodging, on the brow of Mons Pincius, having 

 a fine prospect towards the Campo Marzo. It is a 

 magnificent, strong building, having a substruction very 

 remarkable, and a portico supported with columns 

 towards the gardens, with two huge lions of marble at 

 the end of the balustrade. The whole outside of the 

 faciata is encrusted with antiq and rare basse-relieves 

 and statues. Descending into the garden is a noble 

 fountaine govern'd by a Mercury of brasse. At a 



