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i66 THE FORMAL GARDEN IN ENGLAND vii.
the trees by palisades. The trees in these
groves were not supposed to exceed 40 feet in
height or thereabouts, and they might either
have underwood or not, as desired. Where
there was no underwood, trees—such as limes,
elms, or horse-chestnuts—were to be planted in
regular lines at right angles to each other, the
stems kept bare for 10 feet and the trees
set out about 15 feet apart. The ground
underneath was either fine gravelled, or laid
with grass. In the latter case a circle about
4 feet across, without grass, was to be left
round each tree. There are good examples of
groves laid out to a regular design at Wrest
and Melbourne, but the best instances of this
sort of work are to be found in France. In
many towns and villages 011 the banks of the
Seine between Paris and Rouen, and elsewhere
in France, there are charming groves of
lime-trees, symmetrically planted and regularly
clipped. The groves at Versailles are still
much as Le Notre left them. The great
walks of lime-trees, close trimmed for 20 feet
or more, and the halls cleared in the groves
and set out with statues are very beautiful
011 a sunny day ; but the rest of the work
is dull, and there can be 110 doubt that this
kind of work does require great space and
great expense to be seen to perfection. In The
Theory and Practice of Gardening forty-four
different designs are given for the largest groves.
the trees by palisades. The trees in these
groves were not supposed to exceed 40 feet in
height or thereabouts, and they might either
have underwood or not, as desired. Where
there was no underwood, trees—such as limes,
elms, or horse-chestnuts—were to be planted in
regular lines at right angles to each other, the
stems kept bare for 10 feet and the trees
set out about 15 feet apart. The ground
underneath was either fine gravelled, or laid
with grass. In the latter case a circle about
4 feet across, without grass, was to be left
round each tree. There are good examples of
groves laid out to a regular design at Wrest
and Melbourne, but the best instances of this
sort of work are to be found in France. In
many towns and villages 011 the banks of the
Seine between Paris and Rouen, and elsewhere
in France, there are charming groves of
lime-trees, symmetrically planted and regularly
clipped. The groves at Versailles are still
much as Le Notre left them. The great
walks of lime-trees, close trimmed for 20 feet
or more, and the halls cleared in the groves
and set out with statues are very beautiful
011 a sunny day ; but the rest of the work
is dull, and there can be 110 doubt that this
kind of work does require great space and
great expense to be seen to perfection. In The
Theory and Practice of Gardening forty-four
different designs are given for the largest groves.