532 



prehensive author (Commenius) the ancient use of parks 

 ~V - We are told the huntsman hunteth wild beasts ; whilst 



LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 





ws 



he either allureth them into pit-falls, and killed. them 

 or force, them into toils, and whathegets alive he pu 

 into a park." Chap. 37. 



-o Wc are WbWby Daines Harrington, that Charles 

 ,o60. t for Perrault and Le Notre J t - for 



chned coming to England, but that the latter planted 

 Greenwich and St. James' parks. The magnificent 

 seat of the Duke of Devonshire at Chats worth, w-as kid 

 out in this reign, and, it is conjectured, from a design by 

 the same artist (,/ o / wg / an rf md WaleX. 

 byih Waller the poet formed his residence at Bea- 

 consfield about the same time. The grounds there be- 

 .ng very regular, he has been at considerable labour 

 in reducing the parts near the house and banqueting 

 room, to regular slopes -nd levels, and in forming an 

 oblong bason or canal. It is but.justice to the memo- 

 ry of this amateur, who was undoubtedly reckoned a 

 man of taste m his day, that, in the more remote walks 

 no appearances of art are discernible, or seem ever to 

 have been intended. They are mere gravelled mths 

 through natural woods, and^exhibit a LJcoltr^to 

 the artificial scenes at Prior's Park. 



It is conjectured, that one of the first garden build- 

 ings was erected during this reign bv Inieo Jone at 

 Beckett, near Farringdon. Thi? ba^ que tl ? .roo m i 

 placed on a point of land, projecting into a lake, and is 

 surrounded wrth a broad base, or platform, protected 

 by a parapet wall, and shaded by the far projecting 

 eaves of the building. It consists of one Tpa rtmen? 

 with a cellar below; & and the covered platfo^or base 

 is conjectured to be for the purpose of angling f Daines 

 Barrington in Archaofoeia ) 



Lord Keppel, and the Earl of Essex are mentioned 

 by Switzer as eminent encouragers of gaVcbning d ,rinf 

 th,s reign. The latter sent his gardener Itose to stud 

 the much celebrated beauties of^Versail L ami on his 

 return, he was appointed royal gardener He Tod 

 ced such remarkable dwarfs at Hampton Court CariJ 

 ton House, and Marlborough earden* that 

 apprenticed successor, all ffi^ 

 in his Brf/rerf GW lf r, published in 1 607 

 all the world to produce the like. Da nf 'BaiTngon 

 thinks it probable, that forcing-hcH.ses and ice n 

 may have been introduced by g C h?rles II since at tl^ 

 installation dinner, given at Windsor n An, Ifi^ 

 there were cherries^ strawberries Ld fce P creams' 

 Orangeries and green-houses had been introduc 

 fore, oranges hfving been first planted a Beddin^n" 

 in Surry, by Sir Francis Carew previously to S"' 

 (Camden). And from one of Lead's po\ms, en it?ed 

 Horli Gnl. Guntheri hyeme vcrnantes, we 



intn F, 

 waTls whTch 

 S T 



Sand 

 d ' 



to the 



Hi*, 



, opaque stone 



SU PP lan ' ed '. called clair,.^. (Hue- 



r f ' H ' r n SCree f this sort in and M 

 . * f Hampton CourH. were form- An," 



tha ?*' '? L ? esw ? kl - '"" Flintshire, laid out by * D> M 

 man's fit m a a r' Xed f ^ ^ What is called B " d *e- 



those of the su ^'' \ ""* S* far SUr P assed b y 

 Court V nTT!1 .8^en at Petersburgh. Hamp. 



royal fcmilvth i " me '^ 3CtUal residence of & 



nrovement * p rdens , u "^erwent considerable im, 



E at t e Id T SI* ^ arched trellis were 



Iced before e "^ f *" "'JT '' and four urns - 

 ?Data f pnnc.pal part of the house, supposed 



lerTthus D aced ?n r tt^^ l ^ the firs ' that 

 JXXfflwS Eng ' and - Botan y recei ved the pa. 



S ^knowle^e ^\ < ^ P bMy had W 

 Hdland Toward^ t h e !T 'M 80 ' 6 " 06 before he left 



f th ' S Centur y> ve K^M e 

 P arterres ' were P^ably in 



of Le n 1 I lle ' a f M y ectu ' confirmed by the works 

 Li A r "n' mCS> . Swit2er - &c - published during this 

 on the """Tp 6 '^' Si ; William Temple's Lay 

 ]" hp ,, e g ^ den - of E Fcurus had been previously pub. 



flat or a gemle'dSnf of^fl *"*?' is , that f a 

 Jescent, of an oblong shape, lying in 



^i to , fP- ^ 

 ng ,^ f ^ e house ' T 



garden * , cu ' tlva ' ed as kitchen 



Park H?rtf " ^ , S . U I dl a S anlen he found at Moor 

 ford I 'rX ^ 7 dshlre ' lald "t by the Countess of Bed. 



hat" t E ^StSt SL ^- t Sir , Wil ! iam describ " 

 vlM. I p Weetest P lace ' [ thlnk . that I have seen in 



y r ,' ,^f^ re or smce ' at home or abroad." 

 mir 1 f ? observes this description, that any 



bTen Sf of Holbon! '"rfh * f^"' Wh had neve ' 

 v i M " g Slnce been Destroy. 



' " "^ CCUp ^ S its P laCe ' antl f 



l the , now , hi ghly cultivated 



U " enclosed ' but va -^ d with 

 alld cotta R es as a distance to 



S ' r ^i 1 ^ Te "'P Ie ' would 

 , , ans . ca P e ^ ualI X interesting. 



fi r t ^ "^ ganlen8 ' men - Queen 

 t Bamn g to '\ having taken place in *"<'. 



^T' WHS th ? 1 f COVerin S the 5" A> U< U 3 ' 

 t t! e at Windsor with turf - Swiu 



atTens HV h " ? aj f y fin ^ the Id gardens 

 h Kensington, begun by King Wjlham. Wise, who 



J I Apprentice to Rose, and succeeded him as 



berv ar , den . er '. turned the gvel-pi te into a shrub. 



,uch s rucT"?^ ^ ' W " h T.-' Ch AddiS n WaS M 

 compares him to an epic poet, 



scattered 



Th n 



tioned bv 



! 7 

 f ^ ^ 









" 



.,, . t 



A. D. 1,85. during the short re,gn of J ames the H Hk S 



frequent m HoUand, aad about this ti me introduced 



cultivated fields in Richmond 



but he 



BtaMm, Castle Howard, and iudeed al.nost all 



