House and Garden 
THE WIDE TERRACE 
Whick runs along the whole south front of the house 
but the doors stand wide open, and the effect 
of sunlight beyond, playing on the water of 
the fountain in the cor tile, is very charming. 
Your eye passes through successive light 
and shade to the terrace on the further side 
of the house, which is reached through wide 
doors, open too, under the loggia on the 
south wall of the house. This loggia runs 
along only one side of the cortile and is sup¬ 
ported by four columns which, standing two 
and two on 
either side of 
the gates lead¬ 
ing to the ter¬ 
race, form a 
portico to it, 
the span of the 
arch framing a 
characteristic 
bit of seven¬ 
teenth century 
ornament in 
stucco of chub¬ 
by cupids strug- 
g 1 i n g with 
heavy draperies 
placed on the 
walls beyond. 
Two fine 
rooms running 
its whole length 
open on the 
east and west 
sides ot the cortile; one the library, the other 
still known as the theatre room, although 
nothing remains to indicate its former use 
but the orchestra’s richly decorated balcony. 
The wide terrace which runs along the 
whole south front of the house is sufficiently 
seen in the illustration to need little descrip¬ 
tion. It is a garden in itself, for by the 
middle of April the palm trees have been 
freed from their winter coverings and the 
two long flow¬ 
er-beds, which 
run along in 
front of the 
windows,areall 
ablaze with the 
bloom of In¬ 
dian azaleas. 
On each side 
stone-paved 
“ mule steps ” 
sweep round in 
a fine curve 
from the ter¬ 
race above to 
the garden be¬ 
low. A stone 
balustrade, 
massive as that 
round the ter¬ 
race, borders it 
on each side. 
The space un- 
THE PLAN OF THE VILLA GROUNDS 
Especially surveyed and draivn for House and Garden 
1. Entrance Gate 
2. Drives 
3. Flowers 
4. The Spring 
5. Arbors 
6. The Greenhouse 
7. Palm Trees 
8. Fountains 
9. The Chapel 
10. Mule Steps 
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