French Gardening and Its Master 
let, the son of the first, is considered as the immediate prede¬ 
cessor of Le Notre himself; to him is ascribed the invention 
of floral embroideries. He is largely responsible for the gar¬ 
den schemes at Fontainebleau, and at St. Germain-en-Laye 
(1595). His work in the Gardens of the Tuileries was, how¬ 
ever, totally destroyed by freezing. Andre Mollet, the third 
of the family and son of Claude, became gardener to Louis 
XIII. He was afterward called by James I to England, where 
his work had a determining influence on the development of 
gardening in the United Kingdom. 
Bernard Palissy, the same who is better known for his 
work in porcelain, is remembered in gardening annals for a 
certain fabulous pleasure-ground which was carried out, accord¬ 
ing to his unbridled imagination, for Catherine de Medici at 
Chenonceaux, where he completely abandoned himself to his 
fancy for rockeries, basins, frogs, turtles, snakes, shell-work, 
etc. A long “ dialogue ” of his on this subject, expatiating on 
the beauties of the work, is quoted by Mangin in his interest¬ 
ing book. 
THE PALACE FROM THE PARK 
FONTAINEBLEAU 
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