20 A BOOK OF ENGLISH GARDENS 



he held, like the Romans, that the Garden was in 

 strict conjunction with the House, and needed as 

 much planning as the latter. 



" Theobalds," created by Lord Burleigh, was the 

 most typical Garden of this time. Both Hentzner 

 and Mandelslo have left striking descriptions of its 

 beauties. The latter writes : " It is large and square, 

 having all its walls covered with Sillery and a 

 beautiful jet d'eau in the centre. The Parterre 

 hath many pleasant walks, many of which are 

 planted on the sides with espaliers, and others 

 arched over. Some of the trees are Limes and 

 Elms, and at the end is a small mount called the 

 Mount of Venus, which is placed in the midst of a 

 labyrinth, and is upon the whole one of the most 

 beautiful spots in the world." 



It is this Garden and its style that Horace 

 Walpole calls "false," saying, "We are apt to 

 think that Sir William Temple and King William 

 were in a manner the introducers of Gardening 

 into England. By the descriptions of Lord 

 Burleigh's gardens at Theobalds and those at 

 Nonsuch we find that the magnificent though 

 false taste was known as early as the reigns of 

 Henry VIII. and his daughter. There is scarce 

 an unnatural and sumptuous impropriety at 

 Versailles, which we do not find in Hentzner's 

 descriptions of the Gardens above mentioned." 

 The method of Gardening in the time of James I. 



