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ENGLISH PLEASURE GARDENS 



Kent's pro- 



Brown's 

 construction 

 and de- 

 struction. 



sentimental styles, designed by Kent, Brown, Repton, 

 Chambers, and their disciples, can be readily recalled as 

 still existing. Perhaps time and neglect have added to 

 their charm ; at any rate some of these pleasure gardens 

 have a restful beauty not to be despised. 



Kent designed, among other gardens, those at Stowe, 

 Gunnersbury, and Rousham. 'The number of temples 

 at Stowe has excited ridicule, but it must be remem- 

 bered that some of these were added by Sir John Van- 

 brugh. At Gunnersbury Kent's achievements are seen 

 to great advantage. The stately effect of the classic 

 temple overshadowed by ancient cedars and the Gothic 

 tower above the placid lake, in contrast to the neigh- 

 bouring woodland, was pro- 

 duced by an expert in the 

 combination of the roman- 

 tic with the picturesque. 



The charming temples in 

 the Royal Botanical Gar- 

 dens at Kew were many 

 of them designed by Sir 

 William Chambers. Those 

 shown in the accompany- 





TEn?LE OF THE SUN: KEW 



ing illustrations are known as the temples of the Sun 

 and "of <#Lolus, beside two smaller classic pavilions. 



Brown is responsible for the gardens at Blenheim, 

 Nuneham, Trentham, Burghley, and other pretentious 



