GARDENS OF THE STUARTS 



tiry sur- 



Celia Fiennes describes a garden similarly filled with 

 nothing but lavender. Near the pond is an Eliza- 

 bethan pavilion. 



For descriptions of gardens in the time of Charles I 







the parliamentary surveys of his confiscated property V eys. 

 are most complete. Of the royal estates at Wimbledon 

 and Theobalds, among others, we can thus form an 

 exceptionally good idea. Part 

 and parcel, the beauties they 

 contain as well as their money 

 value were carefully noted down 

 in the inventories made for the 

 benefit of the Commonwealth. 



At Wimbledon, the favourite 

 country-seat of Henrietta Maria, 

 the three principal enclosures 

 contained the vineyard, the 

 orange garden, and the great 

 garden, all intimately connected 

 with the dwelling-house, and cov- 

 ering between fifteen and twenty acres. The kitchen, wimbiedon. 

 pheasant, and " hartichoke " gardens, as rather for use 

 than for ornament, were kept more in the background. 

 High brick walls shut out the park and formed the 

 main boundaries, while wooden palings served for the 

 partitions of minor importance. The plan was in- 

 tended to seclude the gardens from the rest of the 



