Hampton Court ... Illustrated with forty-three drawings by Herbert ...

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HAMPTON COURT
beautiful that it might have been Nature's own
handiwork."
The " monticello " of which Heywood speaks is
a great feature of Tudor gardens, and many besides
More delighted to make the " animala tappezeria "
of flowers. At Hampton Court this tapestry effect
was heightened by the coloured palings and balustrades,
green and white, with which the flower-beds
were surrounded.
The " topiary art " came in vogue, too, to add
quaintness to the Tudor gardens, and was seen, no
doubt, by the southern walls of the Hampton Palace.
Besides these gardens at the south, Henry had,
at the north of his Palace, kitchen-gardens and two
orchards, the " great " and the " new," in which
grew hollies, and oaks, and elms, cherries, pears, and
apples, yew, cypress, juniper, and bays. These are
now entirely destroyed, and are partly covered by the
" wilderness " which leads to Bushey Park, partly
by the kitchen-gardens, which include also the old
tilt-yard.
In 1539 the Honour of Hampton Court was by
statute created a forest — the last, it appears, that was
thus made. It was disafforested under Edward VI.,
but certain peculiarities of the forest jurisdiction still
remain.