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of Le N6tre influenced Garden design materially 

 in England, but chiefly the great Gardens, as Le 

 Notre's designs required space not forthcoming in 

 the grounds of many a small manor house. This 

 French influence can be especially traced in the 

 Gardens of Wrest Park, in Bedfordshire, where 

 extensive Avenues still partly remain. 



Charles is said to have invited Le Notre to 

 England, but there is no proof that he ever came, 

 though it is known that French Gardeners laid 

 out the Gardens of Whitehall, St. James's, and 

 Hampton Court, where the semicircle of Limes 

 (enclosing nine and a half acres) was planted in 

 Charles's reign, and actually under the direction of 

 Le Notre. 



The knot at this time had quite disappeared, 

 and the more complicated Parterre introduced from 

 France had taken its place. There are many kinds 

 of Parterres: (i) "Parterres de Broderie ; (2) Par- 

 terres of Compartiment ; (3) Parterres a 1'Anglaise ; 

 (4) Parterres of Cut- work," and as a whole they 

 can be technically described as " a level division of 

 ground which for the most part faces south, and is 

 best in front of a House, and is generally furnished 

 with Greens and flowers." The chief practical 

 English Gardener contemporary with the great 

 French master, was John Rose, who worked his 

 way up to be royal Gardener to Charles II. at 

 St. James's. Rose was sent to study the style of 



