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GARDEN CRAFT IN EUROPE 



Sieur de la Baradiere, was 

 one of the gardeners of Louis 

 XIII and also of Louis XIV 

 during his minority. He is 

 chiefly celebrated as the 

 author of a rare volume, 

 Traite du Jardinage selon les 

 Raisons de la Nature et de 

 rArt, 1688. In the first part 

 he deals with the elements in 

 general, and with the qualities 

 that go to make a good gar- 

 dener, who, he says, should 

 have had training in the art of 

 design, or failing this, the de- 

 sign of a garden should be left 

 in the hands of the architect. 



A PARTERRE BY JACQUES BOYCEAU. 



Writing on the shapes suitable 

 to gardens, he disapproves the continual use of straight lines and square par- 



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THE CHATEAU DE REUX, FROM I. SILVESTRE. 



