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KNOTS, PARTERRES, GRASS-WORK 133
whole parterre would run a sanded path, 2
to 3 feet wide, and then a border of
flowers to separate it from the main walks.
The terrace garden overlooking the piece d'eau
des Suisses, at Versailles, is laid out with par-
terres a I'Anglaise, but this parterre was never
a success in France, owing to the inferiority
of the French to the English turf.
4. Parterres of cut-work admitted neither
grass nor coloured earths, but every part of
it between the box-edgings was to be planted
entirely with flowers.
The paths between each part were to be
covered with yellow or white sand, and set
out at regular spaces with large Dutch jars
filled with flowers. London and Wise men-
tion that it was once the custom to cover
the paths with potter's clay, well beaten, with
lees of oil. James specifies brick dust or tile
sherds powdered. In parterres of cut-work
all parts of the ground under the flowers and
within the box-edgings were to be covered
with fine sand.
Round these parterres were planted borders
from 4 to 6 feet wide, formed with a sharp
rising in the middle, " like a carp's back." 1
These borders were either continuous all round
the parterre or cut into short lengths by cross
paths. They might be planted with flowers
or formed entirely of grass, with two small
1 The Retired Gard'ner.
whole parterre would run a sanded path, 2
to 3 feet wide, and then a border of
flowers to separate it from the main walks.
The terrace garden overlooking the piece d'eau
des Suisses, at Versailles, is laid out with par-
terres a I'Anglaise, but this parterre was never
a success in France, owing to the inferiority
of the French to the English turf.
4. Parterres of cut-work admitted neither
grass nor coloured earths, but every part of
it between the box-edgings was to be planted
entirely with flowers.
The paths between each part were to be
covered with yellow or white sand, and set
out at regular spaces with large Dutch jars
filled with flowers. London and Wise men-
tion that it was once the custom to cover
the paths with potter's clay, well beaten, with
lees of oil. James specifies brick dust or tile
sherds powdered. In parterres of cut-work
all parts of the ground under the flowers and
within the box-edgings were to be covered
with fine sand.
Round these parterres were planted borders
from 4 to 6 feet wide, formed with a sharp
rising in the middle, " like a carp's back." 1
These borders were either continuous all round
the parterre or cut into short lengths by cross
paths. They might be planted with flowers
or formed entirely of grass, with two small
1 The Retired Gard'ner.