. European and Japanese gardens; papers read before the American Institute of Architects ... Gardens; Gardens. French Gardening and Its Master' let, the son of the first, is considered as the immediate prede- cessor of Le Notre himself; to him is ascribed the invention of floral embroideries. He is largely responsible for the gar- den schemes at Fontainebleau, and at St. Germain-en-Laye (1595). His work in the Gardens of the Tuileries was, how- ever, totally destroyed by freezing. Andre Mollet, the third of the family and son of Claude, became gardener to Louis XIII. He was afterward called by
. European and Japanese gardens; papers read before the American Institute of Architects ... Gardens; Gardens. French Gardening and Its Master' let, the son of the first, is considered as the immediate prede- cessor of Le Notre himself; to him is ascribed the invention of floral embroideries. He is largely responsible for the gar- den schemes at Fontainebleau, and at St. Germain-en-Laye (1595). His work in the Gardens of the Tuileries was, how- ever, totally destroyed by freezing. Andre Mollet, the third of the family and son of Claude, became gardener to Louis XIII. He was afterward called by James I to England, where his work had a determining influence on the development of gardening in the United Kingdom. ) Bernard Palissy, the same who is better known for his work in porcelain, is remembered in gardening annals for a certain fabulous pleasure-ground which was carried out, accord- ing to his unbridled imagination, for Catherine de Medici at Chenonceaux, where he completely abandoned himself to his fancy for rockeries, basins, frogs, turtles, snakes, shell-work, etc. A long " dialogue " of his on this subject, expatiating on the beauties of the work, is quoted by Mangin in his interest- ing THE PALACE FROM THE PARK FONTAINEBLEAU 108'. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Brown, Glenn, 1854-1932; Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926; Sturgis, R. Clipston (Richard Clipston), 1860-1951; Howard, John Galen, 1864-1931; Honda, Kinkichiro?, 1850-1921. Philadelphia, H. T. Coates & Co.
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