GREECE 



Cinerarias^ The Achilleion^ Corfu 



UPPERMOST TERRACE of the 



Achilleion (the palm garden) is laid out on 

 formal lines and adorned with statues. Here 

 we find the beautiful " Dying Achilles," which 

 gave its name to the Palace, and is well known 

 to all visitors to Corfu. At midday the bright, 

 hot spring sunshine pours down on to masses 

 of cinerarias and lilies grouped round the statues 

 and the palms. 



Our own royal family has been to Corfu more 

 than once. When King Edward and Queen 

 Alexandra visited Athens together, they came 

 on here, and during their stay the Prince and 

 Princess of Wales stopped here for a few days 

 on their way home from India, and the whole 

 party visited the Achilleion, which was still in 

 the hands of the Austrian Emperor. 

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