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92 THE FORMAL GARDEN IN ENGLAND iv.
occurred in the eighteenth century. But the
change was thrust upon us by people who not
only had no sympathy with the older system,
but by their absence of training were quite
unqualified to judge whether that system was
good or bad. The consequence was that the
good went down with the bad, and the funda-
mental principle of the relation between the
garden and the house was completely lost sight
of, though that principle had been accepted as
a matter of course throughout all the greatest
periods of English art.
Note.—The garden of Penshurst was laid out by Lord
Delisle personally — George Devey only designed the
fountain at the end of the terrace.
occurred in the eighteenth century. But the
change was thrust upon us by people who not
only had no sympathy with the older system,
but by their absence of training were quite
unqualified to judge whether that system was
good or bad. The consequence was that the
good went down with the bad, and the funda-
mental principle of the relation between the
garden and the house was completely lost sight
of, though that principle had been accepted as
a matter of course throughout all the greatest
periods of English art.
Note.—The garden of Penshurst was laid out by Lord
Delisle personally — George Devey only designed the
fountain at the end of the terrace.