ITENTS. 





>PI Kl HXI.I. 



>il!lt <MI of |.uit|.il. IMl it K<l r\.un|i|r i an lun limlirl fumrtl 



.iiii.-til.il niann>n ll "as Iniill In lli- N.m.srv lm .mnrtl il nil 1736. After that it bctaUK- linn It <ln ayed, 

 hut warn ir. m l li> Mi Kuhaid Wall. K n-.il ^i.iiull.iilii i nl tlir |niMiit owner. Miss \ Wall 



-lliu>!\.i<)\ HALL 



On tin llunlin k Ml.Mi>lnrr *i<ir of \V aiisi..nl Hnd k T, wm* built in iftjj. ami H irt.im* Ms im K in.i! Il i- llir 



properly of Captain Vipan 



Mil PI \\IKV (.\RDI\- 



nning in llrrkshire, were .Hi^maUy pan of a rctimi.il inamir 

 ha* ben recently crrttctl ami th t;-'" lr " ha\c l>c*n laid out fnm 

 property of Mr. Chritic- Miller .............. 



in ilir l>r.m\ irf Vilnlwry. The 

 l>\ Mi I.UIMIIS and an 



IK I WORGEY 



Stand* north-wet! <.l I .Ai.n.l in forn.i!l, ami . nri|;m.iU\ Unit by ihr ( ! U in 1 5>8. Il iv I" . <* 



purely ciKhli-cnlli renlim < li.u.i. Irr. From ihr I ,,tin.. U- it li.i* ili->< nulitl in tin- (IK-M-III .mnct. Mi M.iixli.ill 



WILTON HOUSE 



S.I|I%|KII>. is im the ite of an AMx-v lu<h |i.ss<-<l .iflrr ihr l)i<.vilution to Sir \Villi.ini llrtlx-n. . n-.iin! 

 of I'enibnike, and hit <|I-M rnil.inl. the l<Kin-nili Kail. 11 tin- pirsi-ni \i-- mm An Kli/altrili.ui ( with "n- ilr 

 rebuilt by lnix<> Junes, it Mir1ril (nun Wsatl's n-.iiiiii-ni in tin- last . i-ntuiy. I lir 1 1 -Irliiali il M >. in.-. mli n-ntuiy 

 formal K iir ''''" 1> '>'" '" tric -""'I'' "f I he hmis. inm-il li> the " l.nuU. .I|H- -.. li.il. and I In- |III-M-II| I.IH-S 



wrst uf the hiiusc, dale finin r.uly m the nineteenth rcnlury ... 



XVOTTON HOUSE 



Aylcsbury in lturkinKh.-iinhire. wa built by Ki. hard C.renvillc in 1704. Tin- -nu.- lil.H U .i* Imini and r.-l.uili 

 in iHio, Imi the siilr ;>.uili<>iis and furrtmirt j-nllr-, air .iiiKinal. It lias |iassrd dmn :lir I )\iki-s ..I llu< liiiinli.iiii In tlir 

 (iorc I-anxtontt with the Kaildi>m irf Temple 





4V 



JOJ 



-' ' > 



XV REST PARK 



SherTiird in lU-dfordshirr. . i-ss<-ntially rrali-.l by Hrnr> I .try. I >ikt- .if Knit, in On. .-u \iim-- inn.- 

 of his xreal water x-idi-ns ami f.irnial |il.inlati<ms irin.nn. but the (MI-M-IU II.MIS. 

 laid out by the List Kail <U- lin-y in 1836. From him it lias .Irs. i n.l.-.l in l.nrd Lucas 



Mu. h 



built and ihe Italia., 





ILLUSTRATIONS IN INTRODUCTION. 



A GARDES OF FLOWERS BY CRISPIN DE PASSE 

 BADMINTON : From Kip 



BATSFORD : The South-west Garden-house at - 

 CLOVDS : Garden Enclosed by Chalk XX* alls at 

 DRAYTON : The Forecourt Gates - 

 FI-LFORD HALL: Eccentric Topiary XX'ork 

 HAMPTON COURT: The "Flower-pot" Gates 



The Yews in the Eighteenth Century 



The Yews To-day 



HARDWICK HOUSE : A Balustradcd Terrace 

 HESLINGTON HALL : Shapely Topiary \X'ork 

 I.EVENS HALL : The Bowling Green 

 The Topiar)' Garden 



NEWBOLD REVEL : A Stone Urn at 

 RIBSTON HALL : A (.ardcn Statue 



M Stonework at 



THORPE HALL : Entrance 

 I \MM.HAME: The Walled Garden 



n A (iardcn within a (iardcn 



X\ rsTBt-RY Coi RT : From Kip 



n A " Clairvoyec " and the Smaller Pavilion 



I^ookinij Down the T Canal at 



n 



XX' i LION : Isaac dc Cau>' (iardcns at 

 WIMPOLE: From Kip 



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xxxvii. 



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xxvi. 



xix. 



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 X. 



xxix. 



xxix. 



xxxix. 



xxi. 



xxxii. 

 xxxiii. 



xxiv. 



xxiv. 



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xviii. 



xvii. 



xiv. 



XV. 



xvi. 

 xiii. 



XXXVII. 



