I kept the trees, which at first were no more than stakes, but were now grown very firm and tall, always cut, so that they might spread and grow thick and wild, and make the more agreeable shade, which they did effectually to my mind.
Così pure gli alberi all’intorno, che su le prime erano meri stecconi, li vedeva ora cresciuti a notabile grandezza e saldezza; io li potava opportunamente affinchè venissero forti e rigogliosi, ed estendendosi spargessero sempre, come la spargeano di fatto, un’aggradevole ombra.