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THE GARDEXS OF ITALY. 
CHAPTER VIII. 
PAGE 
Plan of the Palazzo Borghese, Rome 87 
View in the Enclosed Garden of the Palazzo Borghese, Rome, 
showing two of the Fountains 88 
Detail of Fountains in the Court of the Palazzo Borghese, 
Rome 80 
The Ascent to the Colonna Garden ^ 90 
From the Bridge of the Colonna Palace . . . . yi 
The Tx)wer Terrace 9- 
Pilotta from the Palace to the Garden Terraces . . 9.^ 
Palazzo Colonna in Borgo, near St. Peter’s, Rome . . 95 
Colonna Gardens : Central Stairway, looking up Cascade 96 
CHAPTER IX. 
Plan of Doria Palace 98 
Courtyard, Palazzo Doria, Corso, Rom^' .... 99 
Entrance, Palazzo Barberini 100 
Plan of tl'.e Palazzo Barberini, Strada Felice, Rome • loi 
Villa Aklobranclini, Via Nazionale, Rome . . . , loi 
Seasons of the A'ear, Villa Sciarra, Rome .... loz 
Circular Avenue, Villa Sciarra, Rome 102 
Cupids’ Fountain, Villa Sciarra 103 
The Roman Wail in the Garden of the British Embassy 103 
Cacti and Cypress in the Garden of the British Embassy 105 
CHAPTER X. 
St. Peter’s from the Carriage Drive 106 
Plan of the Villa Pamphilj Doria (Bel Respiroh outside the 
Porta San Pancraz'o. Rome 107 
North Side of the Villa 108 
The Southern Aspect 109 
The Parterre no 
From the South-West in 
South-West End of Garden 112 
The Western Stairway 113 
Corner of Western Terrace ii-t 
Pamphilj Doria : Fountain of Venus, South Terrace 113 
Between Villa and Terrace 116 
The V.lla from the South 117 
Cascades, Western Gardens iiS 
On the Cascade Terrace 119 
Terrace of the Cascades 120 
Terrace of the Rotunda 121 
CHAPTER XI. 
Villa Albani : Juno and Jupiter 123 
Plan of the Villa .\lbani, outside Porta Salaria, Rome 12^ 
Villa Albani : Roman Reliefs 123 
Villa Albani : The East Terrace 126 
The Entrance 127 
The Circle of the Cypresses 128 
The Villa 129 
Garden Front, Villa Albani 130 
The South Terrace 131 
The South Terrace Ascent 132 
Loggia of the Villa : Looking East 133 
Villa Albani : Marble and Stone 134 
The South Pavilion 134 
Loggia of the Villa : Looking West 135 
End of the Colonnade, South Pavilion . .136 
The Carriage Drive : West 137 
Roman Temple and Fountain 138 
A Marble Temple 139 
Fountain and Mosaic Pavement 140 
Cypress Hedges 141 
The C\'press Hedge 142 
CHAPTER XII. 
The Great Cypress Avenue J45 
Ilex Avenue, Villa Barberini, Castel Gondolfo, near Frascati 1 47 
CH.\PTER XIII. 
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The Approach 149 
The Central Stairway up to the Great Terrace . • 150 
West End of Great Terrace 151 
Villa Torlonia : The Sloping Carriage Ways at the centre 
of Terrace on citliei side of the Wall Fountain . .152 
Villa Torlonia : The East End of Great Terrace and the 
Descent to the Approach 152 
The East Stairway up to the Great Terrace . . • i.=53 
The Eastern Approach, the Great Terrace .... 15.1 
The Western Stairway and the Vdla 153 
Ca.scade ami Ba.sin 156 
The Dark Pool on the Summit above the Ca.scade . 157 
Falling Water : The Cascade from the Upper Level . 158 
CHAPTER XIV. 
Enclosing Wall of the Villa Aldobrandini towards the 
Piazza at Frascati 160 
V.lla .Aldobrandini : Screen Wall to the Piazza . . 161 
Plan of the Villa -Aldobrandini at Frascati . 162 
Villa Aldobrandini : South-West Aspect .... 163 
Bronze Fountain Ship, Villa .Aldobrandini . . . 164 
Oaks in the Pleasaunce 164 
Detail of the Central Xicl.ts of the Alcove . . . 165 
View of the Great Htmicycle at the Back of the Villa 
Aldobrandini at Frascati 166 
The Courtyard at th.e Back of the Villa, with the semi- 
circula. Alcove and the Cascade above . . . 167 
Waterfalls in the Stream above the Cascade . . . 168 
CHAPTER XV. 
The disused Entrance of the Villa Falconieri at Frascati 170 
Entrance Gateway of the Villa Forecourt . . . -171 
The Centre Block of the South Front of the Villa Falconieri 171 
Gateway in the Forecourt Wall, Villa Falconieri . 172 
The Mirrored Cypresses of the Upper Pool . . 173 
The Stairway to the Tapper Pool 1 74 
CHAPTER XVI, 
The Gateway of the Villa Mon Diagone . . • .176 
Garden ascent, V.lla Borgl.ese, Frascati . . . - *77 
Plan of the Villa Mon Dragone at Frascati . . .178 
The Fountain of Paul V, V.lla Mon Dragone . . • i79 
The Pope’s Chimneys, North End of the Great Terrace . 180 
The Dragon Fountain 181 
Ascent to the Fountain Terrace at the opposite end of the 
Flower Garden to the Loggia 182 
Drive on the Fountain Terrace 183 
The Loggia of the Flower Garden 184 
Gatewav of the Villa Borghese, Frascati . . • -185 
Side Portico at the AMla Borghese. Frascati . • .186 
CHAPTER XVII. 
The Falls of the Tivoli and Vesta’s Temple • .187 
General View of Tivoli and the Falls 188 
The Villa d’Este at Tivoli >89 
View looking up the main Axis of the Villa d'Este • - 189 
Old Roman Tomb in the Plain below Tivoli . • I9° 
Olive Tree and distant view of Tivoli 190 
Plan of the Villa d'Este at Tivoli 
The Temple of Vesta at Tivoli ^9^ 
Villa d’Este. Tivoli : View looking down the Main Axis 
from the level of the Great Terrace .... I93 
The Alley of the Hundred Fountains .... iQ4 
By the Hundred Fountains ^94 
View from the Great Terrace looking over Tivoli West- 
wards 
Villa d’Este : Fountains on Eastern Terrace . • • I9b 
Villa d’Este : The Fountain of the Dragons, on the Main 
Axis of the Gardens *97 
Western Ascent, the Fountain of the Dragons . . • 198 
Gallery of the Hundred Fountains, below the Great 
Terrace of the Villa d’Este *99 
