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seventy marble vases filled with flowers, and on the parapet 

 wall and steps as many more. 



The great variety of evergreen shrubs, some in groups, 

 some in beds with clipped borders of different materials, are 

 far too numerous to name and describe here. 



Descending another broad flight of steps I entered the 

 mixed gardens " before mentioned, which extend entirely 

 across the grounds, and parallel with the palace. In the cen- 

 tre is a large circular fountain, forming one of the most bril- 

 liant water displays in the gardens, depending solely upon 

 the water for its effect, and not at all upon architecture or 

 sculpture. 



Around the basin the water rises in a myriad of small 

 streams, about four inches apart, and in two series, the one 

 inclining to the right and the other to the left, interlacing 

 gracefully, and forming a liquid hedge four feet in height, 

 falling outwards ; the second zone of jets are twenty-four in 

 number and in flat streams about ten feet high, falling in- 

 wards and diagonally ; the third zone consists of twelve ver- 

 tical jets, thirty-five feet in height ; the fourth zone contains 

 twenty-four jets, ten feet high, falling outwards and diago- 

 nally ; the fifth zone is about twenty feet in diameter, the jets 

 being about six inches apart, and inclining outwards at an 

 angle of ninety degrees; the sixth zone contains twelve 

 vertical jets, fifty feet high, and the centre consists of four 

 jets, seventy feet in height. 



This fountain is in the centre of the great central walk, 

 the opposite sides of which are enclosed by a massive stone 

 balustrade, the pedestals being surmounted by marble statues, 

 copies from the antique, and of works by Thorwaldsen and 

 Canova ; among them are the celebrated Farnese Hercules, 

 the free and graceful Mercury by Thorwaldsen, the Venus of 

 Milo and the Paris of Canova. 



On the right and left are two small fountains. After pass- 

 ing down another flight of steps, I soon came to two circular 

 temples of beautiful iron-work, called the Temples of the 

 Cascades. The water is forced up the central column of 

 these structures, and then falls from the top on every side. 



