WILTON HOUSE, 

 SALISBURY, . . . 



THE SEAT OF THE EARL OF 



Pembroke & Montgomery. 



GARDENS 

 OLD-&NEW 



/^ ^ I'l \ I .ire tin- memories tli.it move, and tar J-K-S the 

 I T magination soar, when we speak the name "! class,,. 

 Wilton 



" IVinl.rokr'. prim-rlv ,lotnr, mbcrr niitnir Art 

 iH-t-kn with tn.ijju- liaml the .l//liiin l.,r." 



in stately tUrm is enshrined much that hnglishmen prize 

 tlu- memory of men of lofty iJ,-.iN. ..t st.itcsnu-n aiul s..Ll 



:ivalr.. U s In-art. <>f p,vts, painters, thinkers we 

 scarcely know what ltty thoughts the nanu- c.t Wiltun may 

 not inspire. 



The hand of Holbein in its earlier architecture; Si 

 speare acting here with his troupe ; kin^s tten within u^ 

 walls ; Ben Jonson and M.issin^er asxKiated with it ; Philip 

 Sidney walking in the groves as he cmiceived and wrnti 

 "Arcadia"; George Herbert piously meditatinj; in its halls ; 



l.iiiviis treasures ..I art by line judgment and lilx-r.il patronage 

 brought here together <>l .ill these things do \\e think when 

 we \isit Wilton. 



And tin- gardens .unong the most famous m tin- 



land. Cl.issu Lilm reigns ver them; they .ire the limm . we 

 think, 'it oniteinplatioii. in the shadow ! cypress and \ 

 they have beauties and \.i:uti.s sin. I) as tew gardens i.in 

 display. In tlk- tune "t (Juries II., who "did lo\e Wilton 

 above all places," the house was altered bv .1 < i.i-^.>n. S"l<>mon 

 de Cans, and the grounds appear to have Iven designed by 

 his sun, Isaac de Cans, who described and figured them .is 

 " Hortus I'enbrochianus." One Adrian (iilbert had a gre.it 

 part in the work. Thus does layU. the "Water I'iK-t." 

 lit o( his achievement : " Amongst the rest, the pains and 

 industry ot an ancient gentleman, Mr. Adrian (iilbert, must 



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HOUSE AND GARDEN A HAPPY GROLI 



