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A HISTORY OF GARDENING IN ENGLAND.
Maze.
The
Wilder-
ness.
The
Higher
Level.
ridged, and guttered with lead, wainscoted and benched round,
paved with square tile; in which stands one table of Rance stone,
set in a frame of wood. There are two doors belonging to this
garden house, the one opening into the said tarras, and the other
opening into the Churchyard, into an alley or walk therein, leading
to the Church door, planted on either side thereof with Sicamore
trees. The materials of this house, and the said table, we value to
be worth ^13. 6s. 8d.
Betwixt the ascent from the said Lower Level and the said
turfed tarras, there are on each side of the gravelled alley that
leads from that ascent to the said tarras, three grass plot walks
planted with fruit trees of divers sorts and kinds, both pleasant
for taste and profitable for use; the borders of which grass plots
are Coran* trees; the value of which trees and borders doth
herein and hereafter appear in the several particulars thereof; the
value of the grass plots being comprised in the foresaid yearly
value of the whole Upper Garden.
In the South of the said turfed tarras there are planted one
great Maze, and one Wilderness, which being severed with one
gravelled alley in or near the middle of the said turfed tarras, sets
forth the Maze to lie towards the east, and the Wilderness towards
the west. The Maze consists of young trees, wood[s], and sprays
of a good growth and height, cut out into several meanders, circles,
semicircles, windings, and intricate turnings, the walks or intervals
whereof are all grass plots. This Maze, as it is now ordered, adds
very much to the worth of the Upper Level. The Wilderness (a
work of a vast expense to the maker thereof) consists of many
young trees, woods, and sprays of a good growth and height, cut
and formed into several ovals, squares, and angles, very well
ordered; in most of the angular points whereof, as also in the
centre of every oval, stands one Lime tree or Elm. All the alleys
of this wilderness, being in number eighteen, are of a gravelled
earth, very well ordered and maintained; the whole work being
compiled with such order and decency, as that it is not one of
the least of the ornaments of the said Manor or Mansion House.
The foresaid alley dividing the said Maze and Wilderness is
planted on each side thereof with Lime trees and Elms, betwixt
every tree whereof grows a Cypress tree; at the south end of
* Currant.
A HISTORY OF GARDENING IN ENGLAND.
Maze.
The
Wilder-
ness.
The
Higher
Level.
ridged, and guttered with lead, wainscoted and benched round,
paved with square tile; in which stands one table of Rance stone,
set in a frame of wood. There are two doors belonging to this
garden house, the one opening into the said tarras, and the other
opening into the Churchyard, into an alley or walk therein, leading
to the Church door, planted on either side thereof with Sicamore
trees. The materials of this house, and the said table, we value to
be worth ^13. 6s. 8d.
Betwixt the ascent from the said Lower Level and the said
turfed tarras, there are on each side of the gravelled alley that
leads from that ascent to the said tarras, three grass plot walks
planted with fruit trees of divers sorts and kinds, both pleasant
for taste and profitable for use; the borders of which grass plots
are Coran* trees; the value of which trees and borders doth
herein and hereafter appear in the several particulars thereof; the
value of the grass plots being comprised in the foresaid yearly
value of the whole Upper Garden.
In the South of the said turfed tarras there are planted one
great Maze, and one Wilderness, which being severed with one
gravelled alley in or near the middle of the said turfed tarras, sets
forth the Maze to lie towards the east, and the Wilderness towards
the west. The Maze consists of young trees, wood[s], and sprays
of a good growth and height, cut out into several meanders, circles,
semicircles, windings, and intricate turnings, the walks or intervals
whereof are all grass plots. This Maze, as it is now ordered, adds
very much to the worth of the Upper Level. The Wilderness (a
work of a vast expense to the maker thereof) consists of many
young trees, woods, and sprays of a good growth and height, cut
and formed into several ovals, squares, and angles, very well
ordered; in most of the angular points whereof, as also in the
centre of every oval, stands one Lime tree or Elm. All the alleys
of this wilderness, being in number eighteen, are of a gravelled
earth, very well ordered and maintained; the whole work being
compiled with such order and decency, as that it is not one of
the least of the ornaments of the said Manor or Mansion House.
The foresaid alley dividing the said Maze and Wilderness is
planted on each side thereof with Lime trees and Elms, betwixt
every tree whereof grows a Cypress tree; at the south end of
* Currant.