INDEX 



Lille, Abbe de, praise of pictorial side of 



English gardens by, 270. 

 Lily, favourite Anglo-Saxon flower, 297. 

 Lion of carved stone, 129. 

 Little Trianon, the, 264, 275. 

 London, Henry, 122, 208; translations by, 



of French works, 212. 

 Longford Castle, statuary at, 247, 248. 

 Longleat, the garden at, I2I-I22, 139, 



212; a pavilion at, 122. 

 Loris, Guillaume de, chief author of 



" Romance of the Rose," 85. 

 Lorraine, Claude, painting of temple at 



Tivoli by, 249, 269. 

 Losely, the moat at, 105. 

 Louis XIV of France, influence of, on 



gardening, 199-202. 

 Lucan, villa of, sculpture at, 37. 

 Lycurgus, axe of, in design of a mosaic 



pavement, 5. 

 Lydgate, John, " Chorle and the Birde " 



of, 81, 89. 

 Lykeion, park in the, 16. 



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Macer, translation of herbal of, 108. 



"Maison Rustique," the, quoted, 131, 

 !37-l3 8 ; li st of flowers for Eliza- 

 bethan gardens from, 149150. 



Mandelso, mention of mount at Theo- 

 balds by, 146. 



Mandeville, Sir John, description of an 

 Oriental garden by, 74-75. 



Mansart, pavilions at Versailles designed 

 by, 206. 



Marais, the, at Versailles, 205, 206. 



Marco Polo, description of Oriental gar- 

 den by, 73. 



Marfontaine, monument at, 273-274. 



Marie Antoinette, the Little Trianon of, 

 264, 275. 



Markham, Gervase, 135, 167; translation 

 of " Maison Rustique " by, quoted, 

 131; on the divisions of a garden, 

 137; on plan of Elizabethan garden, 

 138-139; recommends earthen wall 

 for enclosing gardens, 140; on width 

 of walks, 143; description of Eliza- 

 bethan arbours by, 145 ; on knots, 148. 



Marly, gardens at, 200, 203. 



Marmier, Xavier, quoted, 276. 



Martial, revolt of, against life of pseudo- 

 urban villas, 43. 



Matius, the reputed inventor of clipped 

 evergreen trees and shrubs, 39. 



Maugis and " La Belle Oriande," 91. 



Maupertin, Coligny's grave at, 273. 



Mawson, T. W., 282. 



May, Hugh, Pepys' talk with, 1 80. 



Maze, the, religious significance of, 9495 ; 

 in gardens of Tudor times, 115; a knot 

 and a, 158; at Wimbledon, 175-176. 

 See Labyrinth. 



Mede, riie flowery, 85-86, 90. 



Melbourne, the bird-cage at, 175, 210; 

 Cupids at, 208, 231 ; garden in French 

 style at, 210-211; topiary work at, 

 284. 



Melo-cotone, defined, 151 n. 



Melville, Lord, received by Queen Eliza- 

 beth in Hampton Court garden, 162. 



Mereville, cenotaph to Captain Cook at, 



273- 

 "Migration des Symboles," d'Alviella's, 



quoted, 6. 



Milstrak, island of, reputed garden on, 74. 

 Milton, dove-cotes at, 110. 

 Minotaur, story of the, reproduced on a 



mosaic pavement, 5. 

 Moats for enclosing gardens, 89, 140; 



disuse of, 104-105. 

 Mollet, Andre, 199. 

 Monk reading, a, 45. 

 Monks, gardens of the, 45-66. 

 Monreale, fountain in cloisters at, 52, 93. 

 Montacute, 101; location of garden at, 



136; example of balustrading at, 140; 



garden-house at, 146. 

 Mordaunt, Lord, owner of Drayton, 196- 



197. 



Mordaunt, Mary, Baroness, 197. 

 Morris, William, formal garden champi- 

 oned by, 282. 

 Mosaic, domestic pets represented on a 



Pompeiian, 84. 



Mosaic pavement found near Leicester, 4. 

 Mount, the, development of, in Tudor 



period, 118; in Elizabethan gardens, 



146-147. 



Mount Morris, forecourt at, 136. 

 Muntham, reproduction of garden in 



Elizabethan style at, 289. 



