THE 
AUGUST 1, 1874.] 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
133 
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me of our visit, prevent us from doing it the 
at the tim tance demands, 
justice which its importance deman sais nin & aneva sides of this hill have been converted 
| a ‘‘roc gard 
GENOA is certainly one of he. oddest cities of the | paths bee with h hres, TE span Pate (the 
world. If in some particulars it amply justifies the flow f which are no bad substitutes for Orange 
epithet ‘ ‘ superb,” in othersthe qualification ‘‘squa alid” bian. Oleanders, Oranges, Camellias, a Sea 
is equally applicable. In point of site it is not unlike S. ong shrubs in bloom in t open r ma 
Dover, the Lyry filthy streets by ran beep ad are oted Lagerstrcemia indica, Habrothamnus Mead 
very suggest mes Str n Garden | nolia fuscata, Gar olan inoi es rc, 
Market, TA Ske age ans aia Pall Mall | aves, Opuntias, and succulents crop et A 
An intricate network o mea of stre | the rocks in all direction , and give a richhess of effect 
high levels, at low pe yore ery in asco Jem which is quite indescribable. Mesembryant s 
altitude, is spread out around the ee streets, just as | g as luxuriantly a does in England, with the 
the threads of a spider’s web are woven in and out the | additional attraction of gorge usly c red flowers 
branches 0 n t of situation it is mag- | while bi sng supply, i mean egree, the place of 
nificent ; in point of architecture, i mo posing | grass, Aie and Cha amærops are judicious! | 
edifices, simple and stately to a 16 Sg oer ra age e | placed w their effective forms k n d | 
sigh over the frivolous meaningless of so | the best olen vantage, and here and 
a glorious prospect over the town and the sea-coast 
| ther all 
| plantations of coniferous shrubs, nan, which ‘the 
| the less es but 
| of a p mior 
here grown espalier-wise on 4 li 
leaved dwarf anor of Ora on trellises, and a small. 
uld b 
bushes wo e with us, Sopuehate the chief care of 
the gardener. Sturdy bushes of scarlet Pelargoniums 
and white thrum fruticosum to een, and 
rgeo s of Gazanias. Date id Euca- 
Figs are preferred to 
erg g real, advantages that a 
gar m affor 
e gar kana of the Villa Pallavicini, however, are 
t stamp. a ey have evidently been laid 
out @ l Anglaise, they are extensive and Sement ara 
Gau they command pake views, ne were they 
FIG, 27,—THE WATER-TEMPLE, VILLA’ PALLAVICINI, GENOA, pene 
of chequere 
D nath : black and white marble are very EN 
-like marble a P ur and 
Bat z edt ae 
ag uch with its architectural 
Ais hora tn Sedisites that we have to 
is sane naturally dependent a: the diuidi 
itd Venting ir to that already alluded to at Mona 
and te.” judging from the aspect of the 
hotter € of the vegetation, must probably 
localities ; ers an inters than t 
d this 
Pinus hale byrowsof evergre en Oaks, Pinus ‘ane, 
- Laricio ; the dark s mbre 
avenues of Conifers and 
ional avenues of deci 5 trees, suc 
egundo, Judas pon pear edarach 
i miom 
Mu 
with attention it might 
‘ould a in nfini ~ 
ruptly 
1, and com mimanding sa its summit 
Deodar and the Cupressus glauca may be n ted. 
Thë pei aa os see a og E a Deodar-like Tab, 
and i In one corner 
aaa naturally Ger 
rstices of which are 
planted with nis a into a pool at the 
base su oer ite Caladiums, Coles, and 
undo Donax. Weeping Willows 
are gene erally appropriate etiaggh eatures in ser a 
landscape, but “i case 
parená becau = they not assort all with “the 
Agaves a thee j poet itnity. Of the cage 2 effective 
beddin ew with succulents on the terraces of this garden 
mention has already been made (p. 797, voi. i., Airy 
VILLA PALLAVICINI.—At a short distance from 
oa a 
and old, 
Each has a garden | of 
3 
= 
SER 
[= 
y ee 
Ei 
mit. Thes 
pindi around Gen 
obtained, and a large staft of gardeners is E ataki in 
acting as ot mee o the visitor 
Advantage as bes n taken of a wide ravine, on one 
oo of which the garden has been formed, with wind. 
walks ascending slo e mountain 
enbiwe sred in shade-giving trees and render usi 
by the rippling i a ae e -o rica arborea 
here justifies i cimen ured 1 
feet in height, Pr it 7 means a solitary 
Eve ees, uber, 
with Pinus 
Terme 
— the bulk of 
undergro 
" Hypophyllum, 
e ever- 
