ENGLISH PLEASURE GARDENS 



queen to her Lord Treasurer Burleigh, whose youngest 

 son, the first Earl of Salisbury, afterward gave Theo- 

 balds to James I in exchange for Hatfield. 



After the first Lord Salisbury came into possession 

 of the estate and had built the present magnificent 



house on an axis with 

 the old gardens, which 

 he retained on one side, 

 he laid out the remain- 

 ing portion of the 

 ground. The gardens 

 west and south of the 

 house therefore belong 

 to the time of James I 

 and of his son Charles I, 

 when grass work was beginning to come into fashion, 

 and the planting of flower-beds grew more formal. 

 The garden-houses with their tiled roofs and terra- 

 cotta balustrading are very good examples of Jacobean 

 architecture on a small scale. 



Below the rather stiff parterre, on the east side of 

 the house, are a series of terraces. The first, cov- 

 ered with turf, is now used as a croquet-ground and 

 was formerly a bowling-green. Next comes a maze 

 outlined with yew. The lowest terrace contains a 

 charming oblong garden enclosing a circle of beds 

 planted entirely with sweet-scented spikes of lavender. 



PAVILION AT HATFILUD 



