Elgood, George Samuel, 1851- · London, New York, Bombay & Calcutta : Longmans, Green and Co. · leaf 230
ght resemblance to the one, on amore grandiose scale, at the old Sommariva Villa near Cadenabbia,but this is built entirely of brick, even to the steps themselves. Asurface of stucco has been added, and the whole is tinted a paleyellow, though not much of this surface is now visible. Festoons… … bushes these, but great trees twenty feet high or more, which havestems some eight inches in diameter. In April they are still in theirsober spring livery, a delicate grey-green. By-and-by a stray pinkflower will appear, and then, by insensible degrees, the whole treewill be flooded with the sweet…
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