House and Garden 
the hill between the long row 
of cliff-buildings to the left, 
and a spur of Panachaicon, 
Mt. Ombro, rising precipi¬ 
tately on the right. Passing 
between two tower-like struc¬ 
tures which might be the 
guardians of a castle of Vene¬ 
tian days, if they were not mere 
tenement houses, one finds him¬ 
self within a large, business¬ 
like, circular court Hanked on 
the west by a row of vine-clad 
storage rooms, and on the east, 
opening into various avenues 
which penetrate the limits of 
the little wine city. At the ex¬ 
tremity of the court, looking 
northward, is seen the inviting 
rear of the Villa Giitland, its 
vine-covered porte-cochere and its hedge- 
bound garden to the right breaking upon 
the view with pleasing irregularity. 
Entering the grounds through the small 
wicker gate which leads to the villa front, 
one is greeted with a view as artistic and 
picturesque as imagination may easily con¬ 
ceive. On the left stands the spacious villa, 
a mass of ivy-covered walls, wide windows, 
and an inviting entrance shielded on every 
side by a vine-covered trellis; on the immedi¬ 
ate right is a hedge row, as it were, of exquisite 
PALM TREE AND WISTARIA 
A GARDENLESS HOUSE 
roses which bloom nine out of twelve months, 
and during the three hot months of summer, 
give place to flowers of a more heat-hardy 
nature; while in front is a large, open court, 
with a fountain in the centre and a back¬ 
ground of palms and the famous black laurel, 
mavrodapbne, under whose spreading 
branches are placed meubles de rustique for 
morning coffees and afternoon teas. The 
view is most inviting. The allotted space is 
not large, for it must be kept in mind that 
this is a business establishment and not a 
horticultural garden, but the 
general arrangement is good, 
giving anything but a cramped 
impression, while the pano¬ 
rama of a great plain every¬ 
where giving abundant signs 
of life, the bay dotted with 
butterfly-winged sailing boats, 
the vigorous northern main¬ 
land, and the islands to the 
northwest, is unobstructed and 
probably unsurpassed in 
Greece. This garden is, in a 
Way, sacred to royalty. Here 
close by the fountain is a mar¬ 
ble slab to the memory of 
Elisabeth, Empress of Austria, 
who visited the spot in 1885. 
Here, too, is a tablet in honor 
of a visit which Queen Olga 
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