House and Garden 
DE VAUGONDY-T760 
where his father was gardener before him. 
He succeeded his father in 1637 and had 
charge of the work during the rest of his 
life. His design for the garden is probably 
represented by a plate in the “ Grand Blon- 
del,” which corresponds with the present 
arrangement, except that many of the par¬ 
terres have been 
planted with trees. 
The garden of the 
Tuileries ended with 
the enceinte of Charles 
IX., which came to the 
river at the Place de 
la Concorde. Beyond 
this point to the west 
was a large area ot 
waste land the control 
of which seems to 
have been secured by 
Henry IV. in antici¬ 
pation of the proper 
growth of the royal do¬ 
main in this direction. 
It remained crown 
property until Novem¬ 
ber 27, 1792, when 
the revolutionary gov¬ 
ernment took posses¬ 
sion. It was ceded to 
the City of Paris Au¬ 
gust 20, 1828. 
In 1600 the entire 
district of the Champs- 
Elysees was absolutely 
unarranged. It was 
waste land such as 
abounds in the outly¬ 
ing regions of every 
great city. The name 
“ Champs-Elizes” oc¬ 
curs first in the plan 
of Nicolas de Fer, pub¬ 
lished in 1697. The 
improvement of the 
Champs-Elysees did 
not begin on the axial 
line, but along the 
northern bank of the 
river which turns a lit¬ 
tle to the left at the 
Place de la Concorde. 
A fi ne promenade 
with four rows of trees was begun here early 
in the reign of Louis XIII. for the use of 
Marie de Medici, queen of Henry IV., 
which is, to this day, called Cours la Reine. 
It appears first in the map of Boisseau (1 654). 
After Le Notre had elaborated his scheme 
for the garden of the Tuileries, the main 
