Evolution of Iborttculture 



In comparing the plans severally 

 offered by Bacon and Temple, upon 

 which princely gardens were to be con- 

 structed, it will be seen that, while both 

 were influenced by adherence to mathe- 

 matical precision, the former was much 

 the more liberal in his ideas, and his 

 essay largely contributed to bringing 

 about the changes which afterwards 

 gradually took place. 



Worlidge and Evelyn both advanced 

 the prevailing tastes of the day. In the 

 first book of his Art of Gardening, Wor- 

 lidge treats of " the excellency, situation, 

 soil, form, walks, arbours, springs, foun- 

 tains, water-works, grottos, statues, and 

 other magnificent ornaments of Gardens, 

 with many necessary rules, precepts, and 

 directions concerning the same." 



The above quotation from the title-page, 

 would seem to furnish sufficient evidence 

 of the direction in which his prejudices 

 tended. At the same time, some observa- 

 tions on cottage gardens, written by him 

 in 1677, abundantly show that he could 

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