THE BIG PALACE, ATHENS 



space and planting therein every plant, from 

 palm to pine, that can be found within the 

 realms of Greece. 



In its entirety it does not lend itself to 

 description, but baffles by a complexity arising, 

 seemingly, from an absence of plan, and does 

 not lend itself to any word-picturing save what 

 may be done in separate sketches. 



One might perhaps liken this garden to a 

 wonderful jewelled mantle of many folds and 

 unspeakable richness of handiwork, trailing in 

 wide sweeping dignity behind the stately 

 though serenely simple white palace, the 

 modern nucleus of Athens. 



The garden sweeps up to the south front 

 of the palace ; an avenue of palms precedes a 

 green grass lawn, terminated by bright parterres 

 of brilliant flowers lying at the foot of the wide 

 marble steps of the southern terrace, where the 

 picturesque Evzone Lifeguards pace to and fro. 



From the lawn looking towards the palace an 

 exquisite glimpse of Mount Lycabet may be 

 caught. Always a sudden sharp silhouette against 

 the northern sky, this inspiring height here 

 takes on something of an enchanted mien. The 

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