houses, the brave parks, the pleasant fields and delightful gardens, that we have possessed without any right and built at other men's cost? Who shall enjoy the delight of the new rivers and ponds at Hampton Court, whose making cost vast sums of money, and who shall chase the game in the hare-warren, that my dear master hath inclosed for his own use, and for ours also that are time-servers?"[1]
One of the first cares of Charles II. was the garden at Hampton Court. In 166 1 one May was made their superior, and "for fifty vears we find a succession of famous gardeners."[2]
A new era set in with the Restoration. French influence became dominant. Le Notre, who inspired the magnificent designs of Louis XIV. in gardening, was widely followed in England. Rose, the royal gardener, was his pupil, and brought with him some of the lordly ideas of his master. The small, delicate, systematic gardening of the past was replaced by designs no less systematic indeed, but of a much larger scope. Long avenues, broad terraces, wide canals came in fashion, and with them the delight in extensive views and the employment of large areas. At this time, too, were added many charming decorations in stone and in lead, such as the beautiful fountain which Evelyn mentions, and which William III.
