Index
475
L
Laborde, on the Alhambra approach, I. 359
Labyrinth. See under Maze
Lacydes, L 71; the LacydaEum, 71
Laertes, the farm-garden of, I. 54, 55
Laertius, Diogenes, I. 73
Lafayette National Park, Maine, II. 432
Lafontaine, his description of fete at Vaux-le-Vicomte,
II. 58; his The Dream of Vaux, 59; Versailles,
description of, by, 68; horticulture an art, II. 312
Lalande, I. 326
Lamego, Portuguese monastery, I. 386, 388
Landscape Architecture, organ of the American Society
of Landscape Architects, II. 456
Landscape Gardening, Downing's, II. 455
Landscape gardens and architecture: seventeenth
century, II. 239; English, see under England; in
France, 335; Germany, 335-8; Blomfield's attack on,
350; William Robinson on, 352; Aldenham House, |
Herts, 402; North America, 419 et seq.; American
"neighbourhood" playgrounds, 430; architecture, I
California, 445, 447; Central Plains, landscape
architecture in, 449; "prairie style," America, 449;
education in, in America, 456
Landulf (eleventh century), I. 198
Laneham, Robert, I. 442, 443
Langier, French architect, II. 289
Lante, Villa, I. 268-73; ornamental gardens laid out,
269; garden architecture developed, 269; a summer
residence, 270; water arrangements, 270; pillared
loggia, 270; Montaigne's description, 270; "Mon-
sieur Thomas de Sienne," authority on fountains,
270; earliest drawing of, 270; inherited by Cardinal
Montalto, 270; parterres and fountains of, 272;
enclosing hedges, 272; aviaries, 272; fantastic canals,
272; grotto of, 272-3; symmetry of gardens of, 273;
early example of Italian pleasure-park, 275
Lassen Volcanic National Park, II. 431
Laugais, castle on the Loire, II. 356
Lauger, garden architect, II. 359
Laurenberg, Peter, of Rostock, II. 24
Laurentinum, I. 85, 103, 105, 127, 208
Laurin, Rose-Garden of, I. 185, 191
Lavater, II. 304
Lawn, sunk: at Palazzo Doria, Genoa, I. 252; Vatican
gardens, 261; closely-mown, of England, 447
Lawns, English, II. 116, 300, 369
Laxenburg Park, Vienna, II. 314
Leasowes, the, garden of William Shenstone, II.
288
Le Brun, Charles, decorator of Vaux-le-Vicomte, II.
54; Versailles, 59, 61; frescoes at Marly, 89
Le cose che si murano sono superiori a quei che si plantano,
II. 112
Le Hongre, II. 82
Leibnitz, II. 196
Leicester, Lord, I. 442, 443
Leipzig, Bose family's garden, II. 175; Apel family's
garden, 176
Leland, descriptions of gardens by, I. 438, 439
L'Enfant, French architect. See under l'Enfant
Lenne, Peter, director of the gardens at Potsdam, II.
335, 337, 347
Le Notre, Andre, seventeenth-century French garden
artist, I. 339, 398; work on Vaux-le-Vicomte, II. 54;
his theories, 56; Versailles, design of, 59, 61; Ver-
sailles water-schemes, 70, 72, 73; Clagny, 76; Italian
influences, 80; Saint-Simon's eulogy of, 97; Meudon
gardens, 99; St. Cloud, 102; simplicity of style, 113;
St. James's Park, 122; Germany, influence in, 125;
Sweden, influence in, 199; Far East, 233
Leo X., Pope, I. 222, 307
Leonardo da Vinci, I. 258; his plan of a castle-garden,
402
Leonardslee, Sussex, Lady Loder's garden at, II. 394
Leontius, Pontius, friend of Sidonius, I. 131
Leopold I., German emperor, II. 160
Letchworth Garden City, II. 414, 416
Le Vau, II. 52, 59, 70
Levens Hall, Westmorland, II. 353
Leverhulme, Lord, II. 415
Levy, Sir Arthur. See Cookham Dene
Leyden, Botanic Garden at, II. 4, 23
Liancourt, Count, I. 432
Liancourt, garden of Schomberg's wife at, I. 431
Lichtwark, II. 357, 358
Liechtenstein, Adam von, II. 166
Lieselotte, Princess of the Palatinate, II. 40, 88, 96,
102, 126
Ligne, Prince de, II. 303, 304, 310
Ligorio, drawings of, I. 109, 112; Bramante and, 228;
Villa d'Este designed by, 260, 273; unity of house
and garden, 267; architectural effects, 305
Linderhof, Bavaria, II. 338-g
Linn Park, Glasgow, II. 413
Lippay, George von, author of The Pressburg Garden,
II. 173
Lippi, Annibale, I. 298
Lisbon: gardens at, interest of Philip V. of Spain in,
I. 364; Belem cloister-court, 381; Queluz (q.v.), 384-5
Li-Tai-pe, Chinese poet, II. 240, 248, 249, 259
Liternum at Cumse, villa of Scipio the Elder, I. 83
Little Trianon. See Trianon
Liudprand, Bishop of Cremona, I. 140, 190
Livia, Portico of, I. 90; garden-room at villa of, 97, 98
Locke, II. 196
Loggias, Italian, I. 216, 217; pillared, 270
London: gardens of mediaeval citizens, I. 198; Tower
of London garden in Tudor period, 435; Horti-
cultural Society founded, II. 326; Botanic Society
founded, 327; public royal parks, 340-2; area of
parks, 409; treatment of parks, 409; City Cor-
poration and Metropolitan Borough Councils, gar-
dens and open spaces of, 411. See also Hyde Park,
Kensington Gardens, Regent's Park, etc.
Longford Castle, Wilts, Italian parterre of, II. 331
Long Island, New York, old-fashioned flowers in small
modern garden, II. 441
Longuelune, garden architect of Augustus the Strong
of Saxony, II. 182
Longus, description of Greek garden by, I. 77, 78
Loo, Het. See Het Loo
Lope de Vega, his description of Alva's Spanish garden
in Estremadura, I. 367, 368
Lorenzetto, I. 224
Loret, French journalist in time of Louis XIV., II. 59
Lorraine, Cardinal, his castle - garden at Dampierre
I. 404
-, Claude, II. 285
Lorris, Guillaume de, author of the Romaunt of the
Rose, I. 192
Los Angeles, San Gabriel Mission, II. 447; Palos
Verdes, 453
Lotti, Cosimo, artist, his work in Spain, I. 369; Aranjuez
gardens, 371; plans the gardens and theatre and
conducts festivities of the Buen Retire, Madrid, 373;
theatrical arrangements 379
Lotus, the, symbolism of, I. 23
Louis, St. See St. Louis
Louis VII. of France, I. 142
Louis XII. of France, I. 392, 393, 394
Louis XIII. of France, flower embroidery, I. 422;
II. 59; his old castle of Versailles, 61
Louis XIV. of France, II. 58, 59; Versailles festivities,
67; changing taste, 80, 82; Trianon de Porcelaine.
475
L
Laborde, on the Alhambra approach, I. 359
Labyrinth. See under Maze
Lacydes, L 71; the LacydaEum, 71
Laertes, the farm-garden of, I. 54, 55
Laertius, Diogenes, I. 73
Lafayette National Park, Maine, II. 432
Lafontaine, his description of fete at Vaux-le-Vicomte,
II. 58; his The Dream of Vaux, 59; Versailles,
description of, by, 68; horticulture an art, II. 312
Lalande, I. 326
Lamego, Portuguese monastery, I. 386, 388
Landscape Architecture, organ of the American Society
of Landscape Architects, II. 456
Landscape Gardening, Downing's, II. 455
Landscape gardens and architecture: seventeenth
century, II. 239; English, see under England; in
France, 335; Germany, 335-8; Blomfield's attack on,
350; William Robinson on, 352; Aldenham House, |
Herts, 402; North America, 419 et seq.; American
"neighbourhood" playgrounds, 430; architecture, I
California, 445, 447; Central Plains, landscape
architecture in, 449; "prairie style," America, 449;
education in, in America, 456
Landulf (eleventh century), I. 198
Laneham, Robert, I. 442, 443
Langier, French architect, II. 289
Lante, Villa, I. 268-73; ornamental gardens laid out,
269; garden architecture developed, 269; a summer
residence, 270; water arrangements, 270; pillared
loggia, 270; Montaigne's description, 270; "Mon-
sieur Thomas de Sienne," authority on fountains,
270; earliest drawing of, 270; inherited by Cardinal
Montalto, 270; parterres and fountains of, 272;
enclosing hedges, 272; aviaries, 272; fantastic canals,
272; grotto of, 272-3; symmetry of gardens of, 273;
early example of Italian pleasure-park, 275
Lassen Volcanic National Park, II. 431
Laugais, castle on the Loire, II. 356
Lauger, garden architect, II. 359
Laurenberg, Peter, of Rostock, II. 24
Laurentinum, I. 85, 103, 105, 127, 208
Laurin, Rose-Garden of, I. 185, 191
Lavater, II. 304
Lawn, sunk: at Palazzo Doria, Genoa, I. 252; Vatican
gardens, 261; closely-mown, of England, 447
Lawns, English, II. 116, 300, 369
Laxenburg Park, Vienna, II. 314
Leasowes, the, garden of William Shenstone, II.
288
Le Brun, Charles, decorator of Vaux-le-Vicomte, II.
54; Versailles, 59, 61; frescoes at Marly, 89
Le cose che si murano sono superiori a quei che si plantano,
II. 112
Le Hongre, II. 82
Leibnitz, II. 196
Leicester, Lord, I. 442, 443
Leipzig, Bose family's garden, II. 175; Apel family's
garden, 176
Leland, descriptions of gardens by, I. 438, 439
L'Enfant, French architect. See under l'Enfant
Lenne, Peter, director of the gardens at Potsdam, II.
335, 337, 347
Le Notre, Andre, seventeenth-century French garden
artist, I. 339, 398; work on Vaux-le-Vicomte, II. 54;
his theories, 56; Versailles, design of, 59, 61; Ver-
sailles water-schemes, 70, 72, 73; Clagny, 76; Italian
influences, 80; Saint-Simon's eulogy of, 97; Meudon
gardens, 99; St. Cloud, 102; simplicity of style, 113;
St. James's Park, 122; Germany, influence in, 125;
Sweden, influence in, 199; Far East, 233
Leo X., Pope, I. 222, 307
Leonardo da Vinci, I. 258; his plan of a castle-garden,
402
Leonardslee, Sussex, Lady Loder's garden at, II. 394
Leontius, Pontius, friend of Sidonius, I. 131
Leopold I., German emperor, II. 160
Letchworth Garden City, II. 414, 416
Le Vau, II. 52, 59, 70
Levens Hall, Westmorland, II. 353
Leverhulme, Lord, II. 415
Levy, Sir Arthur. See Cookham Dene
Leyden, Botanic Garden at, II. 4, 23
Liancourt, Count, I. 432
Liancourt, garden of Schomberg's wife at, I. 431
Lichtwark, II. 357, 358
Liechtenstein, Adam von, II. 166
Lieselotte, Princess of the Palatinate, II. 40, 88, 96,
102, 126
Ligne, Prince de, II. 303, 304, 310
Ligorio, drawings of, I. 109, 112; Bramante and, 228;
Villa d'Este designed by, 260, 273; unity of house
and garden, 267; architectural effects, 305
Linderhof, Bavaria, II. 338-g
Linn Park, Glasgow, II. 413
Lippay, George von, author of The Pressburg Garden,
II. 173
Lippi, Annibale, I. 298
Lisbon: gardens at, interest of Philip V. of Spain in,
I. 364; Belem cloister-court, 381; Queluz (q.v.), 384-5
Li-Tai-pe, Chinese poet, II. 240, 248, 249, 259
Liternum at Cumse, villa of Scipio the Elder, I. 83
Little Trianon. See Trianon
Liudprand, Bishop of Cremona, I. 140, 190
Livia, Portico of, I. 90; garden-room at villa of, 97, 98
Locke, II. 196
Loggias, Italian, I. 216, 217; pillared, 270
London: gardens of mediaeval citizens, I. 198; Tower
of London garden in Tudor period, 435; Horti-
cultural Society founded, II. 326; Botanic Society
founded, 327; public royal parks, 340-2; area of
parks, 409; treatment of parks, 409; City Cor-
poration and Metropolitan Borough Councils, gar-
dens and open spaces of, 411. See also Hyde Park,
Kensington Gardens, Regent's Park, etc.
Longford Castle, Wilts, Italian parterre of, II. 331
Long Island, New York, old-fashioned flowers in small
modern garden, II. 441
Longuelune, garden architect of Augustus the Strong
of Saxony, II. 182
Longus, description of Greek garden by, I. 77, 78
Loo, Het. See Het Loo
Lope de Vega, his description of Alva's Spanish garden
in Estremadura, I. 367, 368
Lorenzetto, I. 224
Loret, French journalist in time of Louis XIV., II. 59
Lorraine, Cardinal, his castle - garden at Dampierre
I. 404
-, Claude, II. 285
Lorris, Guillaume de, author of the Romaunt of the
Rose, I. 192
Los Angeles, San Gabriel Mission, II. 447; Palos
Verdes, 453
Lotti, Cosimo, artist, his work in Spain, I. 369; Aranjuez
gardens, 371; plans the gardens and theatre and
conducts festivities of the Buen Retire, Madrid, 373;
theatrical arrangements 379
Lotus, the, symbolism of, I. 23
Louis, St. See St. Louis
Louis VII. of France, I. 142
Louis XII. of France, I. 392, 393, 394
Louis XIII. of France, flower embroidery, I. 422;
II. 59; his old castle of Versailles, 61
Louis XIV. of France, II. 58, 59; Versailles festivities,
67; changing taste, 80, 82; Trianon de Porcelaine.