CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 



PACK 



CLASSIC PLEASURE GROUNDS ........ i 



CHAPTER II 

 MONASTIC GARDENS .......... 45 



CHAPTER III 

 THE MEDIAEVAL PLEASAUNCE ........ 66 



CHAPTER IV 

 TUDOR GARDENS .......... 101 



CHAPTER V 

 THE ELIZABETHAN FLOWER-GARDEN ..... . . .128 



CHAPTER VI 

 GARDENS OF THE STUARTS ........ 167 



CHAPTER VII 

 FRENCH FASHIONS .......... 198 



CHAPTER VIII 

 ITALIAN VILLA GARDENS ......... 232 



CHAPTER IX 



EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY EXTREMES ....... ' 249 



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