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ENGLISH PLEASURE GARDENS 



Wooden 

 galleries. 



Hornbeam, witch-elm, and yew were used for this pur- 

 pose. Such pleached alleys often surrounded the gar- 

 den, and exist to-day at Hatfield, Shrublands and many 

 other places. 



Wooden galleries, answering the same purpose as 

 covered alleys of pleached trees, were usually con- 



structed in all the larger gardens. The roof was almost 

 invariably arched and covered with vines. On the side 

 toward the garden were apertures for viewing its 

 arrangement. Turrets of latticework accented the 

 corners and sometimes the middle of the gallery. A 

 great variety of different forms are shown in Vredeman's 

 " Hortorum Viridariorumque," published at Antwerp in 



