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^ " It is the glory of the Italian garden architects 



^ that neglect and disintegration cannot wholly mar 

 the effect they were skilled in creating — effects due 

 to such a fine sense of proportion, to so exquisite a 

 ^ perception of the relation between architecture and 

 T**' landscape, between verdure and marble, that while 

 a trace of their plan remains one feels the spell of 

 J * the whole." 

 A- Italian Villas and their Gardens. 



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