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THE ART OF GARDEN DESIGN IN ITALY 



leads to a series of apartments, and another smaller bosco, now destroyed, with a pergola leading 



to a sumptuous billiard-room. 



From the broad terrace in front of the casino a double ramp descends to the level of the 

 parterre, flanked by two colossal marble busts, one of Titus and the other of Trajan. The 

 parterre is six hundred feet long by seventy feet in width, and is terminated by a semicircular 

 open loggia, with thirteen arches that spring from columns of granite and marble, surmounted by 

 a balustrade with marble statues. Behind the portico are two small apartments ; these formerly 

 opened on to the cascade, which has now been demolished. 



The remaining part of the grounds is laid out with long alleys leading to a central 

 ' rond-point,' surrounded by magnificent umbrella-pines, whence another broad walk leads to the 

 principal entrance-gateway. 



Entrance io i£e VILL^A 'ALBANI 



