GERMANY 



The Clock Tower, W^olfsgarten 



CLOCK TOWER at Wolfsgarten, 

 the summer residence of the Grand Duke 

 of Hesse and his family, is a very pleasant 

 feature among the different buildings that 

 enclose the square courtyard, which resembles 

 a delightful flower garden with its plots of 

 green lawn, groups of old trees, lovely flower- 

 beds and borders. In its centre is a very old 

 and picturesque well to which many a pleasant 

 legend is attached. 



The Clock Tower rises from the middle of 

 the roof of a long wing that faces the handsome 

 main building, while to the right and left of it 

 there run some more wings to complete the 

 inner square ; these serve for the accommoda- 

 tion of the children of the house, the visitors, 

 and the ladies and gentlemen of the suite. At 

 either end of these wings there are wide gates 



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