. Italian gardens. the architects. Theplan of the house is simple but the effect good. The hill here is some-what steep and the gardens, entered through the cortile, rise by a seriesof terraces to an amphitheatre at the top, a series of gentle stairwaysflanking each successive terrace. In making the excavations manyremains of ancient art were discovered. At the time when Percier andFontaine made their survey, these gardens were in a ruinous state, butthey give an interesting plan of them which indicates how successfullyeven these later architects grappled with the difficulties of the site. Not
. Italian gardens. the architects. Theplan of the house is simple but the effect good. The hill here is some-what steep and the gardens, entered through the cortile, rise by a seriesof terraces to an amphitheatre at the top, a series of gentle stairwaysflanking each successive terrace. In making the excavations manyremains of ancient art were discovered. At the time when Percier andFontaine made their survey, these gardens were in a ruinous state, butthey give an interesting plan of them which indicates how successfullyeven these later architects grappled with the difficulties of the site. Not far distant, just without the Porta S. Pancrazio, there is anotherVilla Corsini. The writer before quoted mentions that at this secondvilla, which he describes as full of delights, there were, besides fivehundred vases of fruit-trees, oranges, lemons, &c., six hundred greatpots of flowers ; a fact which shows that the cultivation of flowers wasnot altogether neglected as we are sometimes disposed to think. 34. \ VILLA DI PAPA GIULIO When engaged on some work in Florence, Vasari tells how word cameof the death of Pope Paul III., and that a Conclave was summoned toelect his successor ; he goes on to relate : It chanced that going out ofthe city gate to meet Cardinal Monte, who was passing through on hisway to the Conclave, I had no sooner made my bow to that prelate andspoken a Few words with him, than he said to me, I am going to Rome,and shall infallibly be elected Pope ; wherefore, if thou hast anything todesire, hasten to follow me, so soon as the news shall arrive, withoutwaiting any other invitation than that I now give thee, or seeking anyfurther intelligence. Nor was this prognostic a vain word. Being atArezzo during the Carnival of that year, I was making arrangements forcertain festivals and maskings, when there came a messenger with thenews that the aforesaid Cardinal had become Pope Julius III. Mountingmy horse, therefore, without delay, I proceeded to Florence, when
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