Italian villas and their gardens; . field Parrish. Villa Cicogna, Bisuschio jg5 Drawn by Maxfield Parrish. Villa Isola Bella, Lake Maggiore 20^ Drawn by Maxfield Parrish. In the Gardens of Isola Bella, Lake Maggiore 210 Drawn by Maxfield Parrish. Villa Cicogna, from the Terrace above the House 216 From a Photograph. Villa Pliniana, Lake Como 221 Drawn by Maxfield Parrish. Iron Gates of the Villa Alario (now Visconti di Saliceto) . . 224 Drawn by E. Denison, from a Photograph. Railing of the Villa Alario 225 Drawn by Malcolm Fraser, from a Photograph. Gateway of the Botanic Garden, Padua 230 Dr
Italian villas and their gardens; . field Parrish. Villa Cicogna, Bisuschio jg5 Drawn by Maxfield Parrish. Villa Isola Bella, Lake Maggiore 20^ Drawn by Maxfield Parrish. In the Gardens of Isola Bella, Lake Maggiore 210 Drawn by Maxfield Parrish. Villa Cicogna, from the Terrace above the House 216 From a Photograph. Villa Pliniana, Lake Como 221 Drawn by Maxfield Parrish. Iron Gates of the Villa Alario (now Visconti di Saliceto) . . 224 Drawn by E. Denison, from a Photograph. Railing of the Villa Alario 225 Drawn by Malcolm Fraser, from a Photograph. Gateway of the Botanic Garden, Padua 230 Drawn by Maxfield Parrish. xi LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE View at Val San Zibio, near Battaglia 235 Drawn by Maxfield Parrish. Plan of the Botanic Garden, Padua 239 Drawn by E. Denison, from Sketch by the Author. Val San Zibio, near Battaglia 241 Drawn by Maxfield Parrish. Gateway, Villa Pisani, Stra 244 Drawn by E. Denison, from a Photograph. Villa Valmarana, Vicenza 247 Drawn by Maxfield Parrish. Ml ITALIAN VILLAS ANDTHEIR GARDENS. THE RESERVOIR, VILLA FALCONIERI, FRASCATI ITALIAN VILLAS ANDTHEIR GARDENS INTRODUCTION ITALIAN GARDEN-MAGIC THOUGH it is an exaggeration to say that thereare no flowers in ItaHan gardens, yetto enjoy andappreciate the ItaHan garden-craft one mustalways bear in mind that it is independent gf Italian garden does not exist for its flowers;its flowers exist for it: they are a late and infrequentadjunct to its beauties, a parenthetical grace countingonly as one more touch in the general effect of en-chantment. This is no doubt partly explained by thedifficulty of cultivating any but spring flowers in so hotand dry a climate, and the result has been a wonderfuldevelopment of the more permanent effects to be ob-tained from the three other factors in garden-composi-tion— marble, water and perennial verdure — and theachievement, by their skilful blending, of a charm inde-pendent of the seasons. It is hard to explain to the modern garden-lo
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