[61] The King, in his splendid banishment, pined for this favourite seat, and found some consolation in creating another Loo on the banks of the Thames.

Soon a wide extent of ground was laid out in formal walks and parterres.

Much idle ingenuity was employed in forming that intricate labyrinth of verdure which has puzzled and amused five generations of holiday visitors from London.

Limes thirty years old were transplanted from neighbouring woods to shade the alleys.
Artificial fountains spouted among the flower beds.

A new court, not designed with the purest taste, but stately, spacious, and commodious, rose under the direction of Wren.