VI KNOTS, PARTERRES, GRASS-WORK 133 



whole parterre gives the design, and to com- 

 plete the entire parterre this quarter has only 

 to be reversed and doubled, so that it is used up 

 four times. 



3. Parterres a r Anglais e were formed 

 simply with grass cut into various patterns and 

 bounded with box-edgings. Round the whole 

 parterre would run a sanded path, 2 to 3 feet 

 wide, and then a border of flowers to separate 

 it from the main walks. The terrace garden 

 overlooking the pi'ece d'eau des Suisses, at Ver- 

 sailles, is laid out with parterres a T Anglaise, 

 but this parterre was never a success in France, 

 owing to the inferiority of the French to the 

 English turf 



4. Parterres of cut-work admitted neither 

 grass nor coloured earths, but every part of it 

 between the box-edgings was to be planted 

 entirely with flowers. 



The paths between each part were to be 

 covered with yellow or white sand, and set 

 out at regular spaces with large Dutch jars 

 filled with flowers. London and Wise men- 

 tion that it was once the custom to cover 

 the paths with potter's clay, well beaten, with 

 lees of oil. James specifies brick dust or tile 

 sherds powdered. In parterres of cut-work 

 all parts of the ground under the flowers and 

 within the box-edgings were to be covered 

 with fine sand. 



Round these parterres were planted borders 



