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Opposite the South front is the Parterre, on the right hand 

 of which are the Flower Garden and Green House. In the 

 centre of the Flower Garden is a fountain on which stands a 

 figure of Narcissus in white marble. At the upper end of 

 it is a circular Room containing a Museum of Natural 

 History, with two semicircular colonnades used as conser- 

 vatories. 



THE MARCHIONESS OF BUCKINGHAM'S SEAT 



is a Grotto entirely executed by the late Marchioness, 

 mother of the present Marquess, and was her favourite seat. 

 It was named after her and dedicated to her memory by the 

 present Marquess. — On a plain stone of grey marble are 

 the following words — 



Mater Amata Vale! Beloved Mother, Farewell! 



THE ROTUNDO 



is raised upon Ionic pillars, and ornamented with a Statue of 

 Bacchus. — The building, designed by Sir John Vanbrugh, 

 was altered by Borra. 



In the adjoining wood on the other side of the Parterre, is 



A DORIC ARCH, 



leading into the Elysian Fields, built by Richard Earl 

 Temple in commemoration of the visit of the Princess Amelia 



to Stowe. 



