68 A BOOK OF ENGLISH GARDENS 



him that Evelyn mentions for the last time in his 

 exhaustive Diary the name of " Albury," which he 

 loved so well: "August 5, 1687. I went to see 

 Albury, now purchased by Mr. Finch (the King's 

 solicitor and son to the late Lord Chancellor). 

 I found the Garden, which I first designed for 

 the Duke of Norfolk, nothing improved." 



It would indeed be difficult to improve upon 

 these green Terraces, which remain a lasting proof 

 of the taste of John Evelyn, and also demonstrate 

 most successfully the power of a straight line a 

 power noticeable in design of any kind and seen 

 to great advantage in the Terraces at Albury. In 

 these modern days when " Nouveau Art " has done 

 so much to impair the standard of general taste, it 

 is an unspeakable relief to turn from the tortured 

 curves of various forms of design founded in that 

 school to an earlier, simpler, purer taste. 



