THE LURE OF THE GARDEN 
gave birth to Inigo Jones and to Le Notre. Jones de¬ 
signed many of the splendid gates in wrought-iron that 
first came into use in the time of the Stuarts, besides 
the cottages and summer-houses, the pavilions and ter¬ 
races with their flights of steps that remain a joy to this 
day. Le Notre’s influence on English gardens of this 
period is marked, and it is supposed that he accepted 
Charles IPs invitation to come to London, though there 
is no direct proof of this. 
Such places as Hampton Court, Hatfield, Packwood, 
and Kew are full of fine examples of the best seven¬ 
teenth-century taste. The famous flower-pot gates at 
Hampton Court make one of the most magnificent en¬ 
trances to a great place that can be imagined. The 
high brick walls with their stone copings curve up to 
the immense sculptured stone pillars, surmounted by 
cupids holding carved baskets overflowing with fruit 
and flowers; between these are the great wooden 
doors studded with iron, and over the wall hang many 
varieties of vines, now completely hiding it, now re¬ 
vealing the pink bricks or gray-white pilasters. An¬ 
other beautiful gate belonging to the same place is of 
wrought-iron in a design full of grace and strength, 
attained by a semi-circular flight of stone steps and 
hung between two brick pillars topped with stone balls. 
Even more perfect is Drayton, with its pleached alleys, 
its brick walls infinitely varied and yet harmonious, 
its grills and gates of wrought-iron, its niches, busts, 
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