AUSTRIA 



The Gloriette^ Schonbrunn 



GARDENS in front of the Emperor's 

 Palace and those near the large Palm 

 House are beautifully kept, and for half the 

 year are filled with thousands of flowers of 

 various kinds. The different designs of these 

 flower-beds, and the masses of colour, have a 

 splendid effect, and this effect is intensified by 

 the green walls on both sides formed by the 

 closely trimmed trees ; while here and there in 

 alcoves of green, curiously made by carefully 

 cutting the trees, stand marble statues of ancient 

 Greek and Roman deities. Beside the single 

 figures there are groups in marble. Some of 

 these are in the centre of a fountain ; some are, 

 as in the case of the Neptune group, behind 

 the water basin. 



The Neptune group faces the palace, and 



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