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https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.68272#0377
VILLA D'ESTE, CERNOBBIO, AND VILLAS ON LAKE COMO. 359
377.—BALBIANELLO ON THE COMO SIDE.
378.—THE BALUSTRADED PLATEAU AT BALBIANELLO.
The rise to the house
is sharp, and provides
three levels, with double
ascending stairways.
Preceding the first
terrace is an oval with a
basin o f water. This
is cut out in a thick
bocage of laurel, which
provides a fine basis for
the whole lay-out. The
prolongation of the
upper terraces parallel
to the lake affords some
good walks, where the
air is heavy with the
perfumes of azalea
bushes and camphor
trees. At right angles
a ravine, planted with
dwarf tree ferns from
Australia, forms an
attractive feature. A rock
garden of cacti displays
all the weird forms of
these strange plants, and
the pink saxifrage pro-
vides masses of ground
colour.
377.—BALBIANELLO ON THE COMO SIDE.
378.—THE BALUSTRADED PLATEAU AT BALBIANELLO.
The rise to the house
is sharp, and provides
three levels, with double
ascending stairways.
Preceding the first
terrace is an oval with a
basin o f water. This
is cut out in a thick
bocage of laurel, which
provides a fine basis for
the whole lay-out. The
prolongation of the
upper terraces parallel
to the lake affords some
good walks, where the
air is heavy with the
perfumes of azalea
bushes and camphor
trees. At right angles
a ravine, planted with
dwarf tree ferns from
Australia, forms an
attractive feature. A rock
garden of cacti displays
all the weird forms of
these strange plants, and
the pink saxifrage pro-
vides masses of ground
colour.