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ENGLISH PLEASURE GARDENS 



Baluatrad- 

 ing. 



Material 

 of the 

 enclosure. 



garden was a sort of openwork stone balustrading, 

 either placed directly on the 

 ground or surmounting a wall 

 of stone or brick. Such balus- 

 trading is to be seen at Mon- 

 tacute, Bramshill, Claverton 

 Manor, and many other houses. 

 Several good examples are shown in the illustrations. 



" An earthen wall, if coped with glue and mortar and 

 planted with wall flowers," was recommended by Mark- 

 ham where neither stone nor wood was to be had, and 

 was a favourite resort of bees. Hedges, elaborately 

 planted with a variety of trees and shrubs, wooden pal- 

 ings, differing but little from those described in the 

 last chapter, and brick walls, brought to a greater perfec- 

 tion in the Stuart period, sometimes formed the outer 

 boundary line. Moats are mentioned by Markham, but 



they had become almost 



obsolete except as orna- 

 ments or preserves for fish. 

 Entrances. The entrance was an im- 

 portant and salient feature. 

 The most elaborate was 

 guarded on each side by a 

 gatehouse. Ordinary gate- 

 ways were either flanked by stone piers or arched over 

 with stonework. Ornaments, such as balls, obelisks, 



