230 ENGLISH PLEASURE GARDENS 



of Gardening; having their Designs sent over to them 

 from hence, which are well enough performed, and have 

 also had French Architects and Gardeners in their 

 country, who have left their Productions behind them. 

 At present no one gives in to these Trifles in French. 

 They chuse rather a plain regularity less cluttered and 

 confused, which indeed looks much more noble and 

 great." 



Porticoes, arbours, and cabinets of latticework had 

 begun to go out of fashion when Le Blond's book was 

 written, and green arbours formed by interweaving the 

 branches of trees were perhaps more common. Green- 

 houses or orangeries were frequently built. In winter 

 they served to protect the numerous tender plants, and 

 in summer they served as a gallery to walk in when it 

 rained. They were usually built with an arched fa9ade 

 like the illustration. Other little pleasure houses, like 

 the pavilion at Holme Lacy, were common. Belvederes 

 or pavilions of Aurora were similar constructions placed 

 where they could command a view of the surrounding 

 country. 



statues and Statues and vases contributed very much to the 

 " Embellishment and Magnificence of Gardens " and 

 their natural beauties. They were made of several 

 forms and different materials ; the richest were those 

 of bronze, lead gilt, and marble; the ordinary sort 

 were of iron, stone, or stucco. Statues either singly 



