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lamps upon, which make a very charming effect 

 in the foHage of the orange trees. Iron chains 

 separate the trees from the road. Plate XV gives 

 the aspect of the flight and the castle view from 

 the bowling green. 



Descending the flight of steps from the left, 

 we now come into a shrubbery, where an orna- 

 mented grate leads to the second flower garden, 

 of quite a different character. To distinguish it 

 from the other it is called the " blue garden," 

 because it is enclosed with steel-blue halberds 

 and chains, and all edgings, bridges, benches, 

 etc. (made of iron throughout), are painted sky- 

 blue and white. 



The newly dug arm of the Neisse flows 

 through the middle of these grounds, which are 

 terminated on one side by thick woods, on the 

 other by a tall avenue of limes, between whose 

 branches only a few narrow views have been 

 arranged, in order not to encroach on the char- 

 acter of secrecy and seclusion, which is my chief 

 aim here. The former outlook on the " Burg " 

 precincts is altogether hidden here, but one fol- 

 lows the continuation of the same chain of hills 

 covered with a wide wood, from which the 

 salient points are a few primeval oaks on the 

 highest hilltops. 



Not far from the entrance on an eminence 

 stands a bench surrounded with flowers [k] with 

 a view between the linden branches of the hill, 

 in the middle of the landscape, on which the 

 temple of Perseverance is to stand. Its summit 



