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2io History of Garden Art
home for birds—indispensable feature of an Italian garden—was of course there, and
also the spiral hill, covered with evergreens, with eight paths winding round to the
top. Near the house, perhaps at the side of it, was a balustraded fishpond, shaded
by evergreens.
Now all this magnificence was visible not only to the owner but to the passers-by.
FIG. 151. PAVILION WITH FOUNTAIN
Between garden and river was the Pistoia road; and on this road, just where the long
avenue started from the gate to pass down to the river, there was a clump of trees
(alboreto), and in it a small house for the ball games. This place, as Rucellai insists, was
intended first and foremost for pedestrians—a spot where they were protected from the
sun's heat and could enjoy the beauty of the garden when they had refreshed themselves,
if they liked, in a little stream that was close to the edge of the trees. The inhabitants of
San Piero appreciated this generosity, for at a church assembly held in 1480, the men of
the small parish resolved that, seeing how the beauty and fame of the garden redounded
to their own glory, and wishing to evince their gratitude for the many favours shown them
home for birds—indispensable feature of an Italian garden—was of course there, and
also the spiral hill, covered with evergreens, with eight paths winding round to the
top. Near the house, perhaps at the side of it, was a balustraded fishpond, shaded
by evergreens.
Now all this magnificence was visible not only to the owner but to the passers-by.
FIG. 151. PAVILION WITH FOUNTAIN
Between garden and river was the Pistoia road; and on this road, just where the long
avenue started from the gate to pass down to the river, there was a clump of trees
(alboreto), and in it a small house for the ball games. This place, as Rucellai insists, was
intended first and foremost for pedestrians—a spot where they were protected from the
sun's heat and could enjoy the beauty of the garden when they had refreshed themselves,
if they liked, in a little stream that was close to the edge of the trees. The inhabitants of
San Piero appreciated this generosity, for at a church assembly held in 1480, the men of
the small parish resolved that, seeing how the beauty and fame of the garden redounded
to their own glory, and wishing to evince their gratitude for the many favours shown them