House & Garden 
HEDGES OF THE PARTERRES 
VILLA LANTE 
lads hewn in stone by a strong and sure 
hand. Lithe, graceful, athletic boys they 
are, beautifully poised, disposed in two 
groups, back to back, with four lions between 
them. Bathed as it has been, for generation 
upon generation by the gently falling streams 
of the fountains that play over them, the 
stone below has become as polished as metal 
and taken on a rich green and brown color like 
the bronze emblem of the Montalti Family 
the lads hold proudly high over their heads. 
As for the flowers themselves, there are not 
as many, or are they as varied as in many a 
garden I know in this country. They are lor 
the most part old-fashioned varieties, all the 
more beautiful because proved and best loved 
by the owners. Here are the flowers of our 
ancestor’s gardens ; lilies and roses chiefly,— 
those two favorites of all ages. Of the lilies, 
the stately white or Annunciation lily has been 
a favorite ; and they seem as they stand there, 
in long rows with their tall and stately stems, 
and their crowns of shining white, the purest, 
most exquisite and most beautiful of all the 
flowers. But “side by side in equal right” 
with the lily are roses of many sorts and 
kinds, old-fashioned and new. I'he damask, 
velvet, and double province rose, the sweet 
musk rose, double and single, the double 
and single white rose seem to be all there, as 
are also many varieties ot the sweet-smelling 
tea roses. The sweet brier is not missing, and 
many beautiful semi-double old-fashioned 
sorts stand about, while others clamber over 
buildings and walls ; indeed every tint and 
color and kind seems present. 
In Spring the various bulbs, tulips, jon¬ 
quils, narcissus and lilies-of-the-valley are in 
bloom. Then later come the day lilies. A 
special favorite seems to be a beautiful pale yel¬ 
low one, as it grows under standard roses in 
great clumps and hangs over the box borders. 
Large clumps of the Tritoma are most happily 
placed with trimmed yews for backgrounds. 
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