GARDEN DESIGN IN THE NETHERLANDS 



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of small islands, divided by canals and each approached by its little bridge. 

 Occasionally, though very rarely, the pleasaunce is planned upon the same 

 island as the dwelling house. 



In all these chateaux the parterre was planned upon an elaborate scale, 

 with an infinite variety of designs worked in cut box, and planted with flowers. 

 An illustration is given of a garden which forms the frontispiece to Crispin 



A CASTLE GARDEN OF THE LATE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. 



de Va.sseh Hortus Floridus, published at Arnhem in i6i4(p. i66). There was 

 an English edition published in 1616, and described as containing " Rarer 

 and less Vulgar flowers accurately drawn by the incredible labour and dili- 

 gence of Crispin de Passe, Jun." The garden is surrounded by architectural 

 wooden galleries such as may be seen in Du Cerceau's drawings of the princely 

 gardens of France in the sixteenth century. A cavalier rests on the balustrade 

 and a lady is gathering tulips, of which there are four beds. The tulips do 



