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THE ART OF GARDEN DESIGN IN ITALY 
across a small prato led up to the quaint brown stone gateway, with figures in niches upon either 
side. Beyond this gateway was a square parterre, divided into four compartments, one containing 
a circular fountain, and another a pleached arbour. The gardens were changed in the early part 
of the eighteenth century. A design of scroll boxwork took the place of the simpler parterre of 
the preceding generation, and an elaborate scheme of waterworks was introduced. Upon a rise 
near the villa a large square supply reservoir was constructed and cypresses planted round. 
