14 GLEANINGS ON GARDENS. 



At Richmond Green, in the gardens of Sir M. 

 Decker, * is said to be the longest and highest hedge 

 of holly that was ever seen, with several other hedges 

 of evergreens, vistas cut through woods, grottos, foun- 

 tains, a canal, a decoy, summer-house, and hot-houses, 

 in which the Indian fruit, called Ananas, was first 

 brought to maturity.' 



Are there any views of Sir Hugh Platt's garden 

 in St. Martin's Lane, or of Lord Bacon's at Gorham- 

 bury ? Whoever reads his chapter ' Of Gardens,' will 

 join me in regretting that we have no vestige remain- 

 ing of that garden which his great mind formed for 

 the purpose of showing what the true pleasure of a 

 garden consists of. In the second volume of Malone's 

 publication of Aubrey's Letters are preserved a few 

 fragments of Gorhambury. 



It would be curious and pleasant if one could obtain 

 drawings or engravings of any of the following gardens : 



Dr. Turner's, at Wells, whom Gerard calls ' that 

 excellent, painefull, and diligent physition ; ' and of 

 whom Dr. Pulteney, in reference to his Herlall, says, 

 * He will appear to have exhibited uncommon diligence 

 and great erudition, and fully to deserve the character 

 of an original writer.' 



The Duke of Somerset's at Sion House. 



The old garden at Hatfield, ' a labyrinth of dipt 

 yew hedges. 1 



