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II.
THE GARDEN IN ENGLAND
of the kynges and the queenys beestes in tymber standyng
about the mounte in the kynges new garden, the kynge
finding stuff" thereto at 20s. the pece, by convencyon,
£16 : o : o.
"Dials — To Bryce Augustine of Westmynster cloke-
maker for making 16 brazin dials serving for the kynge's
new garden at 4s. ^d. the piece.
" Trees—200 young treys of oake and elme—appul trees
and pere trees—5 servys trees, 4 holly trees, quycksettes of
woodbyne and thorne—treys of you—sypers, Genaper, and
Bayes at 2d. the pece, 600 chery trees at 6d. the 100—200
rose at 4d. the hundred, violettes, primroses, gitliver slips,
mynts and other sweet flowers, sweet williams at 3d. the
bushel—a bourder of rosemary 3 years old to set about the
mount."
The actual posts and rails mentioned above
are perhaps shown in the view of Hampton
Court garden, which forms part of the back-
ground to the contemporary picture of Henry
VIII. and his family at Hampton Court.1
Some idea of the size can be formed from the
960 yards of railing. The only fragment of
Henry VIII.'s garden at Hampton Court is
probably the small sunk garden close to the
vine-house called the Pond garden. Soon after
1539 the great Palace of Nonsuch, near Cheam,
in Surrey, was begun for Henry VIII. It
is certain that Italian workmen were largely
1 Mr. Law also refers to a drawing by Wynegaarde in the Bodleian
Library, and there is a remarkable view of these gardens in Tudor times in
a picture of Queen Elizabeth, which was shown at the Tudor Exhibition.
No. 310—The plots are shown divided by sanded paths with wooden
balustrades and terminals at the angles, not unlike the views in the Hortus
Floridus of Crispin de Pass — all the woodwork is painted red in the
picture.
THE GARDEN IN ENGLAND
of the kynges and the queenys beestes in tymber standyng
about the mounte in the kynges new garden, the kynge
finding stuff" thereto at 20s. the pece, by convencyon,
£16 : o : o.
"Dials — To Bryce Augustine of Westmynster cloke-
maker for making 16 brazin dials serving for the kynge's
new garden at 4s. ^d. the piece.
" Trees—200 young treys of oake and elme—appul trees
and pere trees—5 servys trees, 4 holly trees, quycksettes of
woodbyne and thorne—treys of you—sypers, Genaper, and
Bayes at 2d. the pece, 600 chery trees at 6d. the 100—200
rose at 4d. the hundred, violettes, primroses, gitliver slips,
mynts and other sweet flowers, sweet williams at 3d. the
bushel—a bourder of rosemary 3 years old to set about the
mount."
The actual posts and rails mentioned above
are perhaps shown in the view of Hampton
Court garden, which forms part of the back-
ground to the contemporary picture of Henry
VIII. and his family at Hampton Court.1
Some idea of the size can be formed from the
960 yards of railing. The only fragment of
Henry VIII.'s garden at Hampton Court is
probably the small sunk garden close to the
vine-house called the Pond garden. Soon after
1539 the great Palace of Nonsuch, near Cheam,
in Surrey, was begun for Henry VIII. It
is certain that Italian workmen were largely
1 Mr. Law also refers to a drawing by Wynegaarde in the Bodleian
Library, and there is a remarkable view of these gardens in Tudor times in
a picture of Queen Elizabeth, which was shown at the Tudor Exhibition.
No. 310—The plots are shown divided by sanded paths with wooden
balustrades and terminals at the angles, not unlike the views in the Hortus
Floridus of Crispin de Pass — all the woodwork is painted red in the
picture.