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The cross-walk is a bower oj growing plants. Lemon trees in 
large red earthen pots are on either side. They are taken indoors 
jor the winter 
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line of the wall behind them. They also 
give the effect of projecting pilasters of 
orderly foliage. The space at the foot 
of the wall between the yew trees is 
filled with a lush tangle of ferns, myrtle 
and ground ivy with small leaves. 
The whole aspect of this south wall 
is not only cool and restful, with its 
dense mass of luxuriant dark green, 
which contrasts sharply with the bright¬ 
er tones prevalent in the rest of the 
garden; it is also distinctly architectural 
in character, and the central stress of 
the composition is supplied by the urn- 
surmounted gateway and arched passage 
(figure 7) through the lemon house, 
with its framed vista of the olive 
orchard (figure 13) beyond. 
The garden of San Martino commands 
no far and splendid vistas, such as one 
may expect from a place of more pala¬ 
tial extent. If one wishes a long vista, 
viewed with a free, deep-drawn breath, 
he can have it by going to the nortn 
front of the villa and looking out, 
through the opening in the laurel hedge, 
across the broad valley of the Arno 
below. Nor does the garden afford op¬ 
portunity for great, spectacular mass- 
ings of gorgeous color, blazes of purple 
and crimson and gold, too dazzling and 
overpowering for close view. To at¬ 
tempt a broad massed color display in 
so small a garden would be like making 
one listen to the blare of a full orches¬ 
tra in a small chamber. Such chromatic 
emphases of planting, admirable as they 
are in their proper place, demand broad 
spaces and adequate distances from 
which to be seen. They are at their 
best in gardens of the scale one may 
find at Versailles or Hampton Court, 
where the environment is glorified by 
them and yet mellows them at the 
same time, but they are not for lim ited 
compass 
Symmetry in general design is a characteristic oj the plan. 
Potted plants can be moved from place to place in the broad 
walks. Drawn by Robert B. C. M. Carrere 
