From  this  we  pass  along  the  lake  to  the  Italian  garden,
of  which  we  have  given  a  view  in  Plate  V.,  and  which
is  the  most  successful,  if  not  the  only  one  as  yet  in
the  country.  Tlie  effect,  especially  by  moonlight,  of
the  lake  seen  through  the  balustrades  of  the  parapet-,
and  among  the  vases  and  statues  which  surmount  it —
with  the  splashing  of  tlie  fountain,  and  the  very  unique
features,  at  least  in  this  country,  of  the  formally  clipped
trees  and  topiary  work,  quite  lead  us  to  suppose  we
are  on  the  lake  of  Como.
To  Mr.  Hunnewell,  we  believe,  is  due  the  merit  of
having  first  attempted  to  clip  our  white  pine,  and  the
result  shows  that  it  bears  the  shears  quite  as  well  as  the
hemlock  or  yew ;  though  in  the  garden  are  equally
successful  specimens  of  clipped  Norways,  balsams,  arbor
vitas,  the  English  maple,  the  beech  and  Scotch  firs.
From  the  Italian  garden  we  cross  the  avenue  into  a
wood,  through  which  winds  a  walk  planted  on  either
side  with  a  very  extensive  and  satisfactory  pinetum,
containing  all  the  rarest  and  newest  conifers  and  ever-
green shrubs,  and  which  with  the  slight  protection  from
the  winter's  SUB,  seem  to  thrive  exceedingly  well.
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Among  other  features  of  this  place,  and  accomplished
like  everything  else,  within  seven  years,  are  various
vistas  through  <lifferent  avenues  planted  for  this  pur-
pose— some  of  purple  beech,  others  of  white  pine — all
of  which  will  in  a  few  years  become  very  interesting
and  effective.
