Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937, Parrish, Maxfield, 1870-1966 · New York : The Century Co. · leaf 43
rdens are to be found near Florence.To learn what the old Tuscan garden was, one mustsearch the environs of the smaller towns, and there aremore interesting examples about Siena than in the wholecircuit of the Florentine hills. The old Italian architects distinguished two classesof country houses:… … FLORENTINE VILLAS country house, which is an expansion of the old farm,and stands generally farther out of town, among itsfields and vineyards—the seat of the country gentlemanliving on his estates. The Italian pleasure-garden didnot reach its full development till the middle of the six-teenth…
