European and Japanese Gardens 
VERSAILLES 
THE ORANGERY 
effect, the leeiast advanced of all the arts. Consequently the 
characteristiccrs of the various peoples practicing it were little 
marked, for tthe early arts of all peoples much resemble one 
another; it iis only at the higher, and especially the highest 
points of theiiir respective developments, that the finer and more 
characteristics elements of a race are brought out in its art 
accomplishrmient. 
Du Cercneau, in commenting upon the undoubted influence 
which the teuste of the Italians exercised over their northern 
neighbors, oiuitlines the type which was common in both France 
and Italy. ““Everywhere,” he says,“were great divisions with 
avenues of hiqgh trees, fences of hazel, and hedges of hawthorne. 
Long, trellisteid arbors, opening out at intervals into shady sum¬ 
mer-houses, ideally arranged for scenes of gallantry, sur¬ 
rounded the? open central space, or divided it into several 
individual gardens. Marble basins with spouting water-jets 
and cascaded, gliding from artificial rocks, made up the prin- 
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