House y Garden 
A study of the plan (page 590) will show 
much better the actual arrangement. The 
formal part, occupying something less than 
four acres, is divided into four levels, the 
upper one being about fifty feet above the 
lower. Of these divisions the lowest, which 
we shall call the first level, is much the largest. 
It contains the formal garden and occupies 
about one third the depth of the entire plan. 
terrace, and here are the entrances to the 
houses. In the center is found a circular 
arrangement of fountains in four levels which 
is illustrated on page 586. From each side 
of this fountain, stairs at right angles to the 
main axis lead to the third level. This is 
much deeper than the second, and is rich in 
its arrangement of fountains and basins. 
Other terrace stairs lead to the fourth level, 
This level is simply divided bv cross paths 
into squares for flower beds, and at the end 
of it are built two houses or casinos, balanced 
on each side of an open central axis which 
extends from front to back of the entire 
scheme, and on or about which every feature 
of the plan is placed. Between these two 
buildings extends a slope joining the first to 
the second level. The latter is a living- 
which contracts in width, but which is longer 
again than the third. It is subdivided into 
three parts. First is a thickly planted grove 
with a green alley down its center, along the 
axis of which runs a stream. The middle 
division is occupied by an octagonal fountain 
of several levels. Surrounding it is a tall 
hedge, and overhanging it on each side are 
great trees. The third division of this level 
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