Table of Illustrations 



A Vine-Covered Outbuilding at Gordonsdale, Fauquier County Facing Page 155 



Green Plains, Mathews County 160 



Poplar Grove, Home of Captain Sally Tompkins 161 



Serpentine Brick Wall at Poplar Grove 164 



Toddsbury, Gloucester County 165 



WTiite Marsh, the Home of the Tabbs, Gloucester County 168 



Scalloped Brick Wall at Green Plains, Mathews County 169 



Old Icehouse at Toddsbury, Gloucester County 169 



Sherwood, Gloucester County 169 



Giant Crepe Myrtle at Sherwood 172 



Belleville 176 



A Corner of the Sabine Hall Garden 178 



Formal Flower Beds at Sabine Hall 178 



Hampstead w 179 



Air View of Mount Vernon on the Potomac 190 



Formal Garden at Mount Vernon 191 



The Mount Vernon Garden Showing High Box Hedge 191 



Gunston Hall, the Home of George Mason I93 



A Garden View at Gunston Hall 198 



Entrance Gates at Gunston Hall 198 



Chatham, the Fitzhugh Homestead 203 



Mary Washington's Garden 208 



The Mary Washington House in Fredericksburg 208 



Matthew Fontaine Maury's Garden 209 



Blandfield on the Rappahannock, Built by William Beverley About 1760 . . 209 

 Gordonsdale, the Scott Homestead in Fauquier County, Noted for Extensive 



Boxwood Hedges 216 



The Garden at Sabine Hall 2t6 



Sabine Hall 217 



Mount Airy, Home of the Tayloes 224 



Bridal Wreath at Prospect Hill 227 



Prospect Hill, Caroline County 227 



Gay Mont, CaroUne County 231 



A Garden Walk at Gay Mont 234 



The "Beauty Spot" at Gay Mont 234 



The Famous "Ring of Oaks" at New Market in Caroline County, Home of 



Colonel George Baylor, Aide to General Washington 238 



Oak Hill, the Home of President Monroe 239 



Driveway Planned by President Monroe at Oak Hill 244 



The Portico at Oak Hill 244 



Oatlands and The Garden Stairway at Oatlands 248 



Montpelier, Home of President Madison 249 



Woodberry Forest, Built by General William Madison 253 



The Garden at Woodberry Forest 257 



Barboursville — From an Old Painting 258 



Frascati, Home of Judge Philip Pendleton Barbour in Orange County . . . 259 



Horseshoe, Culpeper Co., Once Part of the Estate of Sir Alexander Spotswood 260 



Tree Box Which Dominates the Garden at Horseshoe 264 



Castle Hill, Home of William Cabell Rives 264 



Tree Box at Castle Hill 265 



Redlands, the Albemarle County Seat of the Carters 265 



The Garden at Redlands 268 



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