A TYPICAL GARDEN OF THE PELOPONNESUS 
By Frank W. Jackson 
t I A HE writer has been asked for a brief 
sketch of a few of the architectural 
gardens of northern Peloponnesus. Prac¬ 
tically all the gardens in this part of Greece 
are architectural in a sense, that is to say, 
they have all had at one time a plan more or 
less accurately adhered to; but the older 
gardens have been altered from time to time, 
either by new owners or to suit the new 
fancies of the old possessors, while in every 
case nature has been allowed a good deal of 
freedom, so that in the end the gardens have 
invariably exchanged some of their archi¬ 
tectural designs for real nature effects. 
Probably an impartial judge would pronounce 
the results attained effective, although an 
analysis of the methods by which these effects 
have been reached leaves one in doubt 
whether to call them nature’s gardens after 
the fancies of men, or man’s gardens done 
over by nature. 
An hour’s drive from tbe city of Patras 
to the southward across the broad, rich 
plain which stretches from the Corinthian 
gulf brings one to tbe foothills of the high 
Panachaicon range; and upon the crest of 
one of these half-grown mountain peaks 
overshadowed by the towering giant Pana¬ 
chaicon itself, lies the jabnque of the Achaia 
Wine Company, Weingut or Gutland. By 
virtue of its position, overlooking the plain 
from the Gulf of Lepanto to Cape Pap¬ 
pas, the city and Gulf of Patras, and the 
hilly confines of fEtolia to the northward, 
it is one of the picturesque view-points of 
the Peloponnesus, while its pleasant villas 
and inviting gardens make it one of the 
delightful spots in Greece. Though con¬ 
siderably elevated above tbe level of the sea, 
its ascent is gradual, almost imperceptible, 
and the roadway, lined on either side by a 
close array of moureai, the mulberry tree, 
from tbe commencement of the ascent to 
the entrance, is a model of the road maker’s 
art. 
One enters Gutland from the rear by reason 
of the contour of the place, following the 
approach which winds around the base of 
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