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volume by J. C. Volkamer, Nilrnbergische Hes-perides ; a work that is especially- 

 instructive upon the subject of the smaller gardens, of which a number of 

 examples are given with a variety of designs for summer houses, gazebos 

 and treillage. Nearly every garden had its orangery, and in some cases, 

 instead of this being a building, we find a substantial framework of columns, 

 surmounted by little gilt leaden figures and so left that the plants could 



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be protected in winter by a covering stretched over the framework. This 

 arrangement added considerably to the architectural embellishment of the 

 garden in the winter months. 



In the eighteenth century the gardens of Heidelberg Castle fell a prey 

 to the landscapist, and in their present form offer the greatest contrast to 

 their original character, but the gardens of the summer palace of Schwet- 

 zingen, a few miles away, have been fortunately preserved and still retain a 

 great deal of their former glory. The present garden occupies the site of 

 one laid out in the first half of the seventeenth century, when the castle 



