H ouse and Garden 
THE FOUNTAIN OF THE FORMAL GARDEN 
Herr Anlauff-—Count Hochberg’s head gar¬ 
dener—that five years ago no trace of the 
present garden existed. The fine trees near 
the house speak of the time when some sort 
of pleasure-ground surrounded the original 
villa, but when bought by the Count, olives 
and vines, artichokes and Indian corn grew 
up to the very walls. 
The formal garden was laid out first, then 
the walks in the beautiful shrubbery at the 
back of the house, 
and the lawn tennis 
ground, and later 
the rose garden. 
Now the park-like 
slope which runs 
down to the edge 
of the property is 
gradually being 
converted into a 
very paradise of 
every kind of tree, 
shrub and flower. 
11 is a real pleasure 
to be shown over 
the different por¬ 
tions of the grounds 
by the gardener, 
under whose intel¬ 
ligent care they 
have reached their 
present perfection, 
ar.d to see in the 
park with what 
taste an apricot-tree here, a fig there, gnarled 
olive trees centuries old, have been preserved 
of those that grew in the original podere ,— 
preserved to add their beauty of foliage and 
fruit to the rarer trees and shrubs planted 
amongst them. The garden of “ Montalto ” 
is a wonderful example of what can be done in 
a climate such as that of Tuscany, when in¬ 
telligence andtaste have at their disposal every 
aid that modern horticulture has discovered. 
AN ENTRANCE TO THE FORMAL GARDEN FROM 
THE SUMMIT OF THE HILLSIDE 
