COBHAM AND NUN-APPLETON. 5 



Of Cobham, in Kent, then belonging to Lord 

 Cobham, but now to Lord Darnley, Holinshed 

 says, " No varietie of strange flowers and trees 

 do want, which praise or price maie obtaine 

 from the furthest part of Europe or from other 

 strange countries, whereby it is not inferior to 

 the Garden of Semiramis." A little later, Lord 

 Fairfax's garden at Nun-Appleton was glorified 

 by Andrew Marvell. It was built, as was sup- 

 posed to be appropriate for a soldier's garden, 

 in the form of a fort with five bastions, and 



"the flowers as on parade 

 Under their colours stand displayed, 

 Each regiment in order grows, 

 That of the tulip, pink, and rose." 



Later on still (in 1685) Sir William Temple, 

 in his celebrated essay, described the gardens 

 in his day as not often exceeding six or eight 

 acres, enclosed by walls, and "laid out in a 

 manner wholly for advantage of fruits, flowers, 

 and the product of kitchen gardens/' He goes 

 on to say, that 



" In every garden four things are necessary to be provided for, 

 flowers, fruit, shade and water, and whoever lays out a garden 



