Book I. 



GARDENS OF THE ROMANS. 



II 



house opening into a green enclosure, and furnished with a fountain similar to that last described fronted 

 the above. Throughout the walks were scattered marble seats, near to each of which was a little fountain 

 and throughout the whole small rills of water were artificially conducted among the walks, that served to 

 entertain the ear with their murmurs as well as to water the garden. {Historical View, &c. p 53 Pliny's 

 Epistles, b. v. letter 6. ; Felibien, Plans et Descr. CasteWs Villas of the Ancients.) 



42. The details of the Tusoulan Villa are thus given by Castell. (Fig. 3.) 



( 1 ) Villa, or house. 



( 2 ) Gestatio, or place of exercise for chariots. 



( 3 ) Ambulatio, or walk surrounding the terraces. 



( 4 ) The slope, with the forms of beasts cut in box. 



( 5 ) The xystus, or terrace, before the porticus, and on the 

 sides of the house. 



( 6 ) The hippodrome, or plain so called, on the north side of 

 the house. 



( 7 ) Plane trees on the straight bounds of the hippodrome. 



( 8 ) Cypress trees on the semicircular bounds of the hippo- 

 drome. 



( 9 ) The stibadium and other baildings in the garden. 



(10) Box cut into names and other forms. 



Ill) The pratulum, or little meadow in the garden. 



(12) The imitation of the natural face of some country in the 



garden. 



(13) The walk, covered with acanthus or moss. 



(14) The meadows before the gestatio. 



(15) The tops of the hills, covered with aged trees. 



(16) The underwood on the declivities ofthe lulls. 



(17) Vinevards below the underwood. 



(18) Corn-field,. 



(19) The river Tiber. 



(20) The temple of Ceres, built by Mustius. 



(21) The farmery. 



1*2) Vivarium, or park. 



(23) Kitchen -garden. 



(24) Orchard. 



(25) Apiary. 



(26) Cochlearium, or snailery. 



(27) Glirarium, or place for dormice. 



(28) Osier-ground. 



(29) Aqueduct. 



(Ki'Utu of the Anctenls, p. 3-1., and Plate Tkitscintu 



43. That the style of Pliny's villas gave the tone to the European taste in gardening up 

 to the end of the 1 7th century is sufficiently obvious. It is almost superfluous to remark, 



