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GARDEN CRAFT IN EUROPE 



Munich, was built for the Elector Max Emanuel in 1663. The gardens 

 were laid out upon a small scale some few years later, and in 170 1 a 

 Dutch garden-architect're-designed them upon the more elaborate scale as 

 existing to-day. Imbued with the Dutch idea, he laid out long canals on 

 both sides of the palace and round the gardens. In 1715 a Frenchman, le 



THE SKITTLE SWING AT NYMPHENBURG. 



Sieur Giraud from Paris, was appointed head gardener and jontainier. He 

 constructed the elaborate scheme of waterworks and fountains for which 

 Nymphenburg was so celebrated ; one fountain threw up a jet of water 85 

 feet in height. The whole of the works were completed about 1722, when 

 magnificent fetes were given by the Court. In a bosquet to the left of 

 the parterre a charming casino, known as the Amalienburg, still exists, but 

 a corresponding building upon the opposite side, the " Hermitage," has long 

 since gone. Perhaps the finest feature of these gardens was the magnificent 



