Elgood, George Samuel, 1851- · London, New York, Bombay & Calcutta : Longmans, Green and Co. · leaf 178
d the stairwayitself is embowered in roses of all sorts and other luxuriant climbing plants,with espaliers of lemon between. The shape of the garden being a somewhat extended oblong, themain paths keep to the good safe rule and follow the lines of theboundary wall, while others, crossing, meet the… … Placed in the centre of the parterre, in line with the stairway on theone hand and the belvedere on the other, is the most important feature ofthe garden—the Fountain of Venus. The figure from which the foun-tain derives its name has been attributed to Giambologna ; certainly it isa piece of…
Gardens
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