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152 THE FORMAL GARDEN IN ENGLAND vii.
a further distinction was made between bowers
and arbours ; a bower was always Jong and
arched, an arbour was either round or square,
domed over at the top. The older arbours were
formed with poles of juniper or willow framed
square and bound with osiers, and were covered
with roses trimmed and trained to the framing,
or with jessamine, rosemary, juniper, or cypress
(Markham) ; or with bryony, cucumber and
gourd. " Mountaine " adds that as arbours of
roses required a great deal of attention " the most
number in England plant vines for the lesser
travaile to nurse and spread over the upright
and square Herbers, framed with quarters and
poles reaching abreadth." These arbours fell
into disuse for four excellent reasons, given by
Worlidge : " (i) they quickly fall out of repair ;
(2) the seats are damp ; (3) the rain drips
longer here than anywhere else ; (4) they are
draughty, and on a hot day it is pleasanter to sit
under a lime-tree than to be hoodwinked in an
arbour." Besides the arbours there were the
long covered walks and galleries, arched over at
the top, with a solid hedge on the outer side,
and openings or " windows properly made to-
wards the garden, wherebye they might the more
fully view and have delight of the whole beauty
of the garden." Bacon contemplated a green
gallery such as this to run round the sides of his
outer garden. There were some remarkable
instances in the old gardens at Wilton. The
a further distinction was made between bowers
and arbours ; a bower was always Jong and
arched, an arbour was either round or square,
domed over at the top. The older arbours were
formed with poles of juniper or willow framed
square and bound with osiers, and were covered
with roses trimmed and trained to the framing,
or with jessamine, rosemary, juniper, or cypress
(Markham) ; or with bryony, cucumber and
gourd. " Mountaine " adds that as arbours of
roses required a great deal of attention " the most
number in England plant vines for the lesser
travaile to nurse and spread over the upright
and square Herbers, framed with quarters and
poles reaching abreadth." These arbours fell
into disuse for four excellent reasons, given by
Worlidge : " (i) they quickly fall out of repair ;
(2) the seats are damp ; (3) the rain drips
longer here than anywhere else ; (4) they are
draughty, and on a hot day it is pleasanter to sit
under a lime-tree than to be hoodwinked in an
arbour." Besides the arbours there were the
long covered walks and galleries, arched over at
the top, with a solid hedge on the outer side,
and openings or " windows properly made to-
wards the garden, wherebye they might the more
fully view and have delight of the whole beauty
of the garden." Bacon contemplated a green
gallery such as this to run round the sides of his
outer garden. There were some remarkable
instances in the old gardens at Wilton. The