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ENGLISH PLEASURE GARDENS 



UPJP : 



Hampton 

 Court. 



was seldom reproduced except in the larger gardens, 

 principally in those belonging to the king. Charles 

 II desired to emulate Louis XIV, and for this pur- 

 pose he endeavoured to persuade 

 Le Notre, among other French 

 garden architects, to enter his ser- 

 vice. It -is not absolutely certain 

 whether Le Notre ever came to 

 England, but it is generally sup- 

 posed that he designed the plan 

 of St. James's Park and important 

 alterations at Hampton Court. 

 Other English gardens which have 

 been attributed to him are those 

 at Chatsworth, Bramham, and 

 Holme Lacey. At any rate these have much in com- 

 mon with the French style. Beaumont, who called 

 himself a pupil of Le Notre, remodelled part of the 

 gardens at Levens, and also assisted at Hampton Court. 

 La Quintinie gave Charles various suggestions, but 

 could not be persuaded to remain in his employ. 

 Finally John Rose, a protege of the Earl of Essex, 

 who had been sent by him to study the arrange- 

 ment of Versailles, was appointed royal gardener. 

 Rose, with his pupil and successor, London, then be- 

 came the leaders of the Anglo-French school. 



The natural beauties of Hampton Court were 



