Italian style.-The Italian style of gardens consisted in ballustraded terraces of masonry, magnificent flights of steps, arcades, and architectural grottos, lofty clipped hedges, with niches and recesses, enriched by sculpture. This was too costly for general use; and where it was adopted, as at Nonsuch, and some other palaces, it was discovered to be inapplicable to the climate of England; and no traces now remain of it, except in some pictures of Italian artists *.
*[Some mention of the French style of gardening may here be expected; but as this was only a corruption of the Italian style, and was never generally adopted in England, it is purposely omitted; although, in practice, I have ocassionally availed myself of its more massive Trellis, Boccages, and Cabinets de Verdure, to enliven the scenery of a flower garden.]
