Table of Illustrations 



Morven, Albemarle County Facing Page 270 



The Garden at Morven 271 



Farmington, Albemarle County 273 



Small Box Garden at Farmington 275 



Boxwood in the Sweet Briar Garden, Amherst County 275 



A Garden Walk at Bloomfield 277 



Bloomtield, Albemarle County 277 



Monticello — East and West Fronts 280 



Ridgeway, One of the Notable Gardens in Albemarle County 280 



Edge Hill, the Home of Martha Jefferson Randolph 281 



Serpentine Wall at the University of Virginia 281 



The Beautiful Garden at Greenfield, Home of the Reads in Charlotte County 285 



Red Hill, the Home of Patrick Henry, Original House on the Left .... 286 



Boxwood at Red Hill 288 



The Tomb of Patrick Henry at Red Hill 289 



Old Box Garden of The Oaks 292 



The Oaks, Charlotte County 293 



Part of the Garden at Red Hill 294 



The Ailanthus Avenue at Berry Hill 295 



The Pillared House at Berry Hill, Home of the Bruces 298 



Bellevue, Halifax County 301 



Banister Lodge, the Clark Homestead in Halifax County 304 



Staunton Hill 306 



A Bit of the Park at Staunton Hill 307 



Prestwould, Mecklenburg County, Built by Sir Peyton Skipwith About 1756 . 308 



Orchard Hillside at Prestwould 3^0 



Old Stone Wall and Gateway at Prestwould 311 



Dan's Hill, Pittsylvania County 311 



The Dan River — Near this spot General Greene crossed when he retreated 



before Cornwallis during the Revolution 314 



The Box Hedged Walk to the Summer House at Dan's Hill 314 



A Corner of the Formal Garden at Chatmoss, Henry County 316 



Boxwood Planted at Chatmoss in 1845 316 



Garden at Briarfield, near Danville 317 



Berry Hill, Seat of the Hairstons in Henry County 317 



Oak Ridge, Pittsylvania County, the Wilson Home 318 



The Broad Garden Walk at Oak Ridge 318 



River View from the Briarfield Garden 319 



Thornfield, the Home of Joseph H. Scales 319 



Oak Hill, Pittsylvania County 320 



A Garden Walk and Box Hedges at Oak Hill 321 



Serpentine Garden Wall at Folly 328 



Folly, One of the Notable Homes in the Valley of Virginia 328 



A Corner of the Garden at Folly 329 



Carter Hall, Home of the Burwells 329 



Carter Hall — From an Old Print 337 



Winter at Carpet Hill, Washington County 340 



Saratoga, Built by General Daniel Morgan About 1777 342 



The Garden and Old Mill Pond at Saratoga 343 



Annefield, Qarke County 346 



Flowers and Hedges in the Annefield Garden 347 



The Meadows, Washington County 349 



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