of years. For Florence is truly an exquisite lily in a garden 

 without equal, and its calix is the central dome of the Duomo, 

 its radiating leaves are the gay or somber piazzi with their 

 ornaments that fit the places ju^ as the colors enrich the 

 petals of a flower. 



Thus in our own gardens we are beginning to have the 

 sense of space harmoniously proportioned, distances fading 

 away to the sea or the hills, and ornaments, not crowding each 

 other in vain display but ne^ling as a part of the total charm 

 of design, pressed with equal truth and subtlety, whether in 

 the decoration of a garden or in the design of the gown of a 

 Goddess! 



Francis Howard 



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