XV. 



SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE WALPOLE AND THE 

 GARDENERS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CEN- 

 TURY.* 



(BOUT midway between Bacon and 

 the horticultural amateurs or pro- 

 fessors of the Georgian period, 

 there is Sir William Temple, whose fine 

 gardens at Sheen, already noticed in a 

 cursory way, occupied a leading rank among 

 the private grounds in the vicinity of London, 

 and derived an enhanced interest from the 



* Essay on Modern Gardening, by Mr. Horace 

 Walpole [1770] ; Essai sur PArt des Jardins 

 Modernes, par M. Horace Walpole. Traduit en 

 Francis par M. Le Due de Nivernois, en 

 MDCCLXXXIV. Imprime a Strawberry Hill, par 

 T. Kirgate, MDCCLXXXV ; 4to, pp. 94, and a leaf 

 with the first title. With the English and French 

 texts on opposite sides. 



