Jekyll, Gertrude, 1843-1932, Elgood, George Samuel, 1851- · London, New York and Bombay, Longmans, Green & Co. · leaf 24
ld kerb, has at its upper end a double stair-way ; the retaining wallat the head of the basin is cunningly wrought into buttress and niche.Every niche has its appropriate sculpture and each buttress-pier its urn-like finial. On the upper level is a circular fountain bordered by thesame kerb in… … greenery ; on the upper level swinging round in a half circle, in whichare cut arched niches. In each leafy niche is a bust of a Cssar inmarble on a tall term-shaped pedestal. Orange trees in tubs stand bythe sides of the Canal. This is the most ornate portion of the garden,but its whole extent is…
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