A Letter to Pliny Relating to the Villa Castello 
AN OLD WELL 
almost boundless choice. Much of the gar¬ 
den is filled with trees of various kinds, in 
the shade of which the flowers continue on 
into the rainless summer later than is com¬ 
mon in Capri. Many have ivy twining about 
their trunks, as you, my dear Pliny, liked to 
see in your gardens. Beneath the trees you 
will find no lack of flowers, among others, 
VILLA GASTELLO 
the graceful spirea, the marguerites,—here 
an important bush,—the iris, narcissus, sweet 
pea, pansies and various kinds of lilies, not 
forgetting the modest periwinkle and a 
plentiful quantity of violets. There are also 
many representatives of the wild flora of 
Capri,—a flora so rich and beautiful as to 
suggest that the carefully planted gardens 
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