8 GARDEN DESIGN 



statues, fountains and " temples." The radiating 

 avenues and the long canal at Hampton Court 

 date from this period. 



It is well known that imitators of great men are 

 more successful in picking up their mannerisms 

 than their methods, and the followers of Le Notre 

 brought the grand style into disrepute by the 

 overloading of details, and the extent of their 

 avenues. The Dutch style came in with William 

 and Mary, and topiary work, already practised, 

 became the vogue. Stiff parterres, and orange 

 houses, with the orange trees in tubs outside 

 during the summer, were in every garden of fashion. 

 The drawing on page 9 is taken from an old 

 tapestry, and depicts what must have been con- 

 sidered an elegant arrangement. One of the most 

 charming developments of Queen Anne's time in 

 topiary work was the long alley bordered by trees, 

 generally yew, kept clipped up to about 10 ft. and 

 then allowed to feather naturally. During this 

 reign the revolt began towards " nature " 



There was ample material for ridicule in the 

 prevalent style of garden design, and Pope and 

 Addison were not slow to exercise their wit on it. 

 Stow, in Buckinghamshire, was considered to have 

 reached the climax of beauty, and one has only 

 to read accounts of its Temples, Caves, Hermitages, 

 etc., etc., to realize that taste had become corrupt. 

 Bridgeman began it and Kent continued it. A 

 contemporary writer describes it thus : " The 



