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GARDEN CRAFT IN EUROPE 



and Austria, and how fully the country gentleman of this period under- 

 stood the art of beautifying the surroundings of his home. 



The architecture of these chateaux is always picturesque, with varied 

 outlines of gable and turret, twisted chimneys and elaborately-wrought vanes ; 

 delightful buildings that it would be a pleasure to surround with quaint 

 gardens, thoroughly comfortable and cheerful old homes with none of the 

 ostentation and pompous discomfort of the dwellings that succeeded them. 



A FOUNTAIN AND BOSQUET, LATE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. 



The principal buildings were grouped round an internal courtyard and 

 were approached by a drawbridge across the moat, which usually came right 

 up to the castle walls. The upper part of the portcullis tower was sometimes 

 treated as a dovecot. The basse-cour was planned in close proximity and 

 conveniently arranged for stables, farm buildings and granaries. The 

 orchards, kitchen gardens, herbaries, and the pleasaunce consisted of a series 



