THE MAGNOLIA TREE, ARANJUEZ 



immense size ; mighty cedars, plantains, palms, 

 oriental trees, pure white magnolias with glossy 

 dark foliage, magnificent roses, make a com- 

 bination of sweetness and grandeur seldom to be 

 found united. As the great heat of summer 

 advances, the garden is irrigated from the 

 fountains and river by streams flowing through 

 all the borders. Camels pass along slowly, baskets 

 of weeds on their backs, and kneeling down, 

 their loads are removed, and shot into the rapidly 

 flowing Tagus. The waters have the wonderful 

 colour of a river not far from its mountain sources, 

 and flow with a strong current immediately under 

 the walls of the palace, which is connected with 

 the garden by bridges, flanked with statues. 



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