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Italian gardens (1907)

Elgood, George Samuel, 1851- · London, New York, Bombay & Calcutta : Longmans, Green and Co. · leaf 128

An illustration from Italian gardens, 1907, leaf 128
the upper terrace, all of which have long since perished. Another delightful villa, though unhappily much modernised in parts,is the Villa Muti. The casino is surrounded by terraces on differentlevels, which follow the trend of the ground and have been mostingeniously treated by the architect. It… … as a green-garden in a most delightful and unusual style, with the hedgesplanted in simple pattern, the centre of each plot being formed by largebosses clipped into fantastic shapes. Some flame-coloured poppies givethe only touch of bright colour, for this was never intended to be aflower garden,…

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