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Sir Edmund Anderson's at Harefield, who had * a 

 faire house, standing on the edge of the hill, the River 

 Colne passing near the same thro' the pleasant meadows 

 and sweet pastures, yielding both delight and profit.* 



Dr. Pulteney tells us that Lyle, in his Herbal, 

 speaks of * the pleasant garden of James Champaigne, 

 the deer friende and lover of plantes.' 



The gardens at Audley End, the erection of which 

 mansion cost 190,OOOZ. 



Those of John de Franqueville, a London mer- 

 chant, and of Hugh Morgan, apothecary to Queen 

 Elizabeth. 



Loader's, in Greenwich, who Evelyn says * grew 

 so rich as to build a house in the street, with gardens, 

 orangeries, canals, and other magnificence.' 



Evelyn's pleasant villa at Deptford, which had 'a 

 fine garden for walks, trees, and a little green-house.' 



That at Ham House, Middlesex, where (says 

 Evelyn) 'the parterres, flower gardens, orangeries, 

 groves, avenues, courts, statues, perspectives, foun- 

 tains, aviaries, and all this at the banks of the 

 sweetest river in the world, must needs be admirable.' 



The gardens at Beddington, the celebrated seat of 

 the Carews. 



Those 'pleasant walks and topiary works,' that 

 Plot so warmly speaks of as adorning Brewood, and 

 other seats in Staffordshire. 



