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fc, SyWiB e t monte?, woods an d WUs in th e distance.
a Atrium or c o u rt of honour. v ill a vicina, ad jo in in g villa.
t c S ^ a s l U , or place of exercise. '
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p e r ty o f L u c i e n B o n a p a i t e . y s s i tu a t e d ^ tlie ir fe rtile sid e s
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1, Villa, or house.
2, Gestatio, or place of exercise for chariots.
5, Amhulatio, or walk surro u n d in g th e terraces.
4, The slope, witli the forms of beasts c u t in box.
5, The xystus, or terrace, before the porticus, an d on th e
sides o f th e house.
6, The hippodrome, on th e n o rth side of th e house.
7, Plan e trees on th e stra ig h t hounds of the hippodrome.
8, Cypresses on th e semicircular bounds of hippodrome.
9, Xlie stlbadium an d o th e r buildings in th e garden.
10, Box c u t in to names an d o th e r forms.
11, The p ratu lum , or little meadow in the garden.
12, Im ita tio n of n a tu ra l face of some cou n try in the garden.
13, T h e walk, covered with acanthus o r moss.
14, The meadows before th e gestatio.
15, T h e tops of the hills, covered with aged trees.
16, The iinderivood on th e declivities o f th e hills.
17, Vineyards below th e underwood.
18, Cornfields. 19, Th e riv e r Tiber.
20, T h e temple of Ceres, b u ilt by Mustlus.
21, T h e farmery. 22, Vivarium o r park.
23, Kitchon-garden. 24, Orchard. 25, Apiary.
26, Cochlearlum, or snailery.
27, GUrarium, o r place for dormice.
28, Osier-ground. 29, .Aqueduct.
{Villa s o fth e Ancients, p. 34., an d p late Thuscim.)
sheared into a variety of forms. Beyond this was a place of exercise (2), of a circular form, ornamented
in the middle with box trees, sheared as before into numerous different figures, together with a plantation
of shrubs kept low by clipping. The whole was fenced in by a wall covered by box rising in different
ranges to th e top.
Proceeding from another quarter of the house, there was a small space of ground, shaded by four
plane trees (7), with a fountain in the centre, which, overflowing a marble basin, watered the trees and
the verdure beneath them. Opposite to another part of the building was a plantation of trees, in form
of a hippodrome (horse-course) (6), formed of box and plane trees alternately planted, and connected
together by ivy. Behind these were placed bay trees, and the ends of the hippodrome, which were semicircular,
were formed of cypress (8). The internal walks were bordered with rose trees, and were in a
winding direction, which, however, terminated in a straight path, which again branched into a variety
of others, separated from one another by box hedges; and these, to the great satisfaction of the owner,
were sheared into a variety of shapes and letters (10), some expressing the name of th e master, others
that o fth e artificer, while small obelisks were placed here and there, intermixed with fruit trees. c
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