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58 THE FORMAL GARDEN IN ENGLAND in.
book on garden design, under the title of Ely shim
Brittanicum. This work would have been a
most exhaustive treatise. It was to have con-
sisted of three books — the first dealing with
the soil of the garden and the seasons, the
second with garden design under twenty - one
heads, the third with the means of producing
rare species, distilling, and various miscellaneous
points. We give in an appendix a complete
list of the subdivisions. Unfortunately Evelyn
never carried out his intention ; but the titles
left by him are important, as showing how
Evelyn conceived of a garden, and the clear
distinction which existed in his mind between
garden design and horticulture.
With the Restoration a change came over
the designs of the larger English gardens.
o o o &
Charles II. was in intimate relations with
the brilliant Court of Louis XIV., at a time
when the latter was in the fiill swing of his
magnificence, and when architects such as
Mansard and Perrault were seconded by a
designer of such remarkable genius as Le Notre.
The noble paths and terraces, the great avenues
and masses of foliage, the broad expanse of
grass and water in which Le Notre delighted,
became the fashion in England. Whatever
faults Le Notre may have had (and to the
landscapist he represents all that is detestable),
he was at least a man of large ideas and
scholarly execution. He carried the art of
book on garden design, under the title of Ely shim
Brittanicum. This work would have been a
most exhaustive treatise. It was to have con-
sisted of three books — the first dealing with
the soil of the garden and the seasons, the
second with garden design under twenty - one
heads, the third with the means of producing
rare species, distilling, and various miscellaneous
points. We give in an appendix a complete
list of the subdivisions. Unfortunately Evelyn
never carried out his intention ; but the titles
left by him are important, as showing how
Evelyn conceived of a garden, and the clear
distinction which existed in his mind between
garden design and horticulture.
With the Restoration a change came over
the designs of the larger English gardens.
o o o &
Charles II. was in intimate relations with
the brilliant Court of Louis XIV., at a time
when the latter was in the fiill swing of his
magnificence, and when architects such as
Mansard and Perrault were seconded by a
designer of such remarkable genius as Le Notre.
The noble paths and terraces, the great avenues
and masses of foliage, the broad expanse of
grass and water in which Le Notre delighted,
became the fashion in England. Whatever
faults Le Notre may have had (and to the
landscapist he represents all that is detestable),
he was at least a man of large ideas and
scholarly execution. He carried the art of