210 A BOOK OF ENGLISH GARDENS 



weary I walked all alone to the Vineyard, which is 

 now a very beautiful place again, and coming back 

 I met with Mr. Looker, my Lord's Gardener (a 

 friend of Mr. Eglin's) who showed me the House, 

 the Chapell with brave pictures, and above all the 

 Gardens, such as I never saw in all my life ; nor so 

 good flowers, nor so great Gooseberrys as big as 

 nutmegs." 



Lord Salisbury was fortunate in not only in- 

 heriting a taste for Gardening but in possessing 

 two very celebrated Gardeners ; the first was 

 Montague Jennings, the second, even better known, 

 was John Tradescent (one of a famous family of 

 Gardeners), whose father was Gardener to Queen 

 Elizabeth ; the son John succeeding him in the 

 post in the latter years of her reign, and at her 

 death passing into the service of Lord Salisbury, 

 becoming finally Gardener to Charles I. It is 

 interesting to note that John Tradescent, the son 

 of John, founded the Ashmolean Museum at 

 Oxford. With such guidance, as well as his own 

 knowledge, it is not surprising that Lord Salisbury 

 created a Garden at Hatfield almost perfect of its 

 kind. The Gardens on the east side of the House 

 and those on the south front both date from this 

 period. On coming up the far-famed Elm Avenue, 

 with its double rows of trees on each side, and 

 crossing the great courtyard on the north front of 

 the House, an entrance leads on to the Terrace, 



