A GARDEN NOTE-BOOK 



tain, the great shaft of water from the fountain in 

 the foreground, whitened by the moon, and yet 

 more white because of its setting of dark hedge 

 and of encircling masses of cypress. And what a 

 melancholy poetry in that bold and gloomy pic- 

 ture "Paseo Mistico" (Montserrat). The long 

 alley of cypress-trees, their pointed darkness 

 echoed by the bright-pointed cliffs beyond; that 

 sad and drooping figure of a beautiful woman on 

 the stone bench to the right; the sunlit flowers 

 against the woman's dress in dramatic contrast to 

 the whole ! Of the richness of color and beauty of 

 composition of such pictures as "Fuente de la 

 Odalisca" and of "Arquitectura Verde," both at 

 Granada, I have not words in which to write. But 

 that one of all of these to which I turn of tenest, and 

 in which I find that suddenness of happiness which 

 comes not often, is that one called "El Laberinto" 

 (Barcelona). Here the daring of this painter, his 

 strong draftsmanship and the magnificence of 

 his color, all contribute finely to set forth his con- 

 ception of a garden at once sombre and beautiful. 

 Set in the midst of a dark labyrinth of tall cypress 

 hedge is a round pool, like a black opal from the 

 deep reflected blue of a sky of evening. Arched 

 openings of trimmed cypress lead into the teasing 



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