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houses, but the smaller proprietors frequently sent their 

 plants away to a nurseryman to be housed during the 

 winter. Even the " greens " at Kensington Palace were 

 kept by London and Wise, until the new orangery was 

 built. The Temple orange trees were first sent to the 

 house of Cadrow at Islington. In 1704 the green-house 

 seems to have been made, and used as a garden-house in 

 summer. Such items in the accounts as "a chimney- 

 glass and sconces for the green-house " show that it was 

 in the usual solid architectural style then in fashion. 

 That the '* panierman," an officer, one of whose duties 

 was to summon members to meals by blowing a horn, 

 was appointed to take charge of it as well as of the library, 

 is a further proof that it bore the character of a room, 

 and was more or less outside the gardener's department. 

 The panierman also had the care of the elaborate foun- 

 tain, after it had been supervised for some years by the 

 maker. This green-house stood at the end of the terrace, 

 which still runs parallel with Crown Office Row, and 

 near the site of Harcourt Buildings, behind the gar- 

 dener's house. This gardener's house was pulled down 

 two or three years later to make way for Harcourt 

 Buildings, which was joined to the summer-house. The 

 first or ground floor opened on to the garden below the 

 " paved walk " or terrace, on which level stood the 

 summer-house. 



The most fascinating feature of a garden ought to 

 be its flowers, and of these also some particulars can be 

 gleaned from the accounts. There is enough to show 

 that the Temple Garden was quite up to date in its horti- 

 culture, and that it followed fashion as closely in its 

 plants as in its design. It is not surprising to find Dutch 

 bulbs, and especially tulips, being bought when such a 



