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got further than a list of the chapters. He laid out the gardens at Wooton in 

 Surrey and Albury near Guildford, and is believed also to have designed the 

 delightful little garden at the moated manor house of Groombridge in Kent, 

 The early years of the eighteenth century saw the creation of many 

 garden schemes, principally under the direction of London and Wise. In 

 1706 they jointly published The Retired Gardener, which is a translation 

 of Le Jardmier Solitaire by the Sieur Louis Liger of Auxerre. London 



WESTBUKV COURT, GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 



died in 171 3. The firm carried out many gardens separately and in partner- 

 ship ; few, especially of the smaller class, are now remaining. Melbourne 

 Hall in Derbyshire may be considered a good example on a compara- 

 tively small scale of the manner of Le Notre as developed in England. 

 The gardens were remodelled for Thomas Coke, afterwards Vice-Chamber- 

 lain to George I, from designs by Henry Wise, between the years 1704 

 and 171 1. They have been altered since this date, but many of the alleys 

 and the great fishpond still remain. 



