House & Garden 
THE BROAD WALK 
Leading from the Dining-room to the Pergola 
A WILD PATH 
In the Midst of the Garden.—Summer 
your countrymen ;— 
for has not Horace 
said, Nullus in orbe 
sinus Bais pr<rlucet 
amcenis; though I 
think you preferred a 
less strenuous pursuit 
of pleasure than was 
the fashion there. 
But I must inter¬ 
rupt your thoughts to 
recall you to the house 
and show you there 
many rooms to suit 
your varying moods, 
or the changing 
requirements of the 
season. You will, no 
doubt, notice the 
floors of most of the 
rooms, where you will 
find worked into 
various patterns nearly 
all the kinds of mar¬ 
bles in which you were 
wont to delight;—the 
FROM THE ROOF VILLA GASTELLO 
Giallo, Rosso, Nero 
and BigioAntico; the 
Cipollino from Euboea 
and the Pavonazetto 
from Phrygia; the 
Porta Santa fro m 
Caria, Affricano from 
Chios, Serpentine from 
Liguria, together with 
the Porphyry and the 
Oriental A I a b a s t e r 
from Egypt, as well 
as the striking Occhio 
di Pavone, the Numid- 
ian and the Phrygian 
P a I u m b i n o , rarely 
found in as large pieces 
as here. These and 
many others were 
found among the ruins 
of ancient villas here 
in times now past 
when such treasures 
could still be discov¬ 
ered. Now, lingering 
no longer in the house, 
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