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

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moved to Bushey Park. It is now called " the Diana
Fountain."
A comparison of the drawing by Wynegaarde x of
the Palace in Queen Mary's time with that of the
picture by Danckers ! shows something of the revolution
which was effected by the new principles which
were derived from Le Notre. That the great gardener
himself visited England is improbable, though some
have ascribed to him the persona] origination of the
new garden of Hampton Court. But his influence is
clearly apparent in the scheme by which the gardens
are now treated as part of one design with the house,
and arestudied and developed in relation to its architectural
features.
Two great changes were inaugurated under this
influence. A great canal was dug from within a few
yards of the east front of the palace for nearly a mile.3
It was bordered, after the Dutch fashion, with lime
trees. By it, no doubt, as by the water in St. James's
Park, the King would often saunter, followed by his
dogs, and throwing foodtothe ducks. Besides this,three
avenues of limes wereplanted, extending from the east
front, and Charles, says Switzer (himself a pupil of
London, who studied under Rose), in his " Ichno-
1Inthe Bodleian Library.
2 Now in Hampton Court Palace. It is by no means improbable
that this picture of Hampton Court was the one which Pepys ordered
for his dining-room,January 22, 1668-69, and for which he afterwards
substituted(March 31, 1668-69) a view of Rome. This is not,Ithink,
noticedby Mr.Ernest Law.
3 It is now 3500 yards long, but Danckers' picture shows that it
was originallymuch longer.