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ant gardens round the Hague, and many villas along the banks of the Amstel 

 and the Vecht. His portrait, engraved by Schenck, might almost be taken 

 for a likeness of the King himself. Daniel Marotwas a pupil of Le Notre, 

 and while still a young man left Versailles and went to The Hague, where 

 he was soon afterwards appointed Court gardener to William III, whom he 

 accompanied to England. He is said to have been partly responsible for 

 the gardens at Hampton Court. He published a large number of his schemes, 

 together with many designs for treillage, garden ornament, etc. Besides 





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RUPELMONDE ON THE VECHT. 



working at The Hague he laid out the Huis-te-Dieren for William III and 

 Voorst near Zutphen for the Count of Albemarle. Jacques Roman was 

 also employed by William III ; the most important of his gardens was that of 

 " Het Loo." Jan van Call was another famous Dutch designer ; he was born 

 at The Hague in 1689, and he laid out a number of gardens in that neighbour- 

 hood, including Clingendaal. 



In 1669 J. van de Groen published De Nederlmidsche Hovenier (The 

 Dutch Gardener). The work was issued in both French and German, and 

 up to the middle of the eighteenth century held the field as the most popular 



