...some time in fashion in England when Addison first attacked it in the Spectator of June 25th, 1712: "Our British gardeners, on the contrary, instead of...nature, love to deviate from it as much as possible. Our trees rise in cones, globes, and pyramids. We see the marks of the scissors upon every plant and...

...own possessions." Addison probably had in his mind his newly-purchased Bilton estate when he wrote, "our British gardeners, on the contrary, instead of humouring nature, love to litte labyrinths of the most finished parterre." Still more interesting is Dunchurch. It was here that...

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...works of this nature, and therefore always conceal the art by which they direct themselves. They have a word, it seems, in their language by which they...Our British gardeners, on the contrary, instead of humoring nature, love to deviate from it as much as possible. Our trees rise in cones, globes, and...

...occasional tree left to grow in its own wild and graceful way. " Our British gardeners," wrote Addison,* " instead of humouring Nature, love to deviate from it as much as possible. Our Trees rise in Cones, Globes, and Pyramids. We see the marks of the scissars upon every Plant and...

...Works of this Nature, and therefore always conceal the Art by which they direct themselves, They have a Word it seems in their Language, by which they express...Nature, love to deviate from it as much as possible, Our Trees rise in Cones, Globes, and Pyramids, We see the Marks of the Scissars upon every Plant and...

...works of this nature, and therefore always conceal the art by which they direct themselves. They have a word, it seems, in their language, by which they...nature, love to deviate from it as much as possible. Our trees rise in cones, globes, and pyramids. We see the marks of the scissors upon every plant and...

...works of this nature, and therefore always conceal the art by which they direct themselves. They have a word, it seems, in their language, by which they...nature, love to deviate from it as much as possible. Our trees rise in cones, globes, and pyramids. We see the marks of the scissors upon every plant and...

...works of this nature, and therefore always conceal the art by which they direct themselves. They have a word, it seems, in their language, by which they...nature, love to deviate from it as much as possible. Our trees rise in cones, globes, and pyramids. We see the marks of the scissors upon every plant and...

...statues, statues thick as trees " ; Addison wrote in the Spectator, June 25, 1712: "Our British gardeners, instead of humouring Nature, love to deviate from it as much as possible. Our trees rise in globes, cones, and pyramids. We see the marks of the scissors upon every plant and...