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by London's partner, Wise, between 1704 and 1711. 

 Near the house are some grass terraces badly cut up 

 with poorly designed flower-beds, but the rest of the 

 gardens were planned with great skill and have been 

 kept up almost to perfection. The scale of the walks, 

 the square basin of water, the fountains and statuary 

 are excellent. In the middle of one side of the pond 

 is the bird-cage arbour, a splendid piece of wrought- 

 iron work which would look better if not painted white. 



The gardens at Wrest Park were laid out by wrestand 

 Henry, Duke of Kent, early in the 

 eighteenth century, and are in the 

 French style. They are particularly 

 noticeable for their beautiful avenues 

 of elms. One of them forms a per- 

 spective through the middle of the 



Levens. 



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park ornamented with a long canal. Another of the 

 avenues was laid out to commemorate the landing of 

 William III. Other gardens showing Le Notre 's 

 influence are at Holme Lacey, where there is a 

 charming garden-house and some grass alleys bor- 

 dered with fine yew hedges, and at Levens, where a 

 part of the gardens was designed by Beaumont, who 

 was a pupil of Le Notre, also employed at Hamp- 

 ton Court. Views of 



English gar- 

 Gardens in the French style, many of which have dens in the 



French 



disappeared, are shown in Kip's " Britannia Illustrata," style. 



