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GARDEN CRAFT IN EUROPE 



Penshurst Place, in Kent, and at Brickwall (illus,, p. 213), a charming Sussex 

 house built towards the close of the sixteenth century. Here the stew- 

 pond — 75 feet long by 25 feet wide — is placed upon one side of the flower 

 garden. 



A maze or labyrinth was an almost indispensable adjunct to the Renais- 

 sance garden. The hedges were not always planted high enough to conceal 



THE BOWLING GREEN, ST. CATHERINES COURT, SOMERSET. 



the intricacies of the paths, as we are accustomed to see them nowadays, 

 but they were more often mere borderings of lavender, rosemary or some 

 other low-growing plant. The central feature of the maze was generally 

 an arbour or some fancifully clipped tree. Long covered walks and pleached 

 alleys of lime or of hornbeam formed another important feature in every 

 garden, and were so woven together as to make a complete enclosure. They 

 were often solidly constructed of wooden posts and trellis work covered with 



