CONTENTS 



CHAP, PAGE 



PREFACE \r 



I ANCIENT GARDENS IN EUROPE i 



II THE GARDENS OF THE MIDDLE AGES 13 



III THE ITALIAN GARDEN . 28 



IV FRENCH GARDENS OF THE SIXTEENTH AND EARLY SEVENTEENTH 



CENTURIES 65 



V LE NOTRE AND VERSAILLES 86 



VI FRENCH GARDENS OF THE LATER SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH 



CENTURIES 121 



VII GARDEN DESIGN IN THE NETHERLANDS 159 



VIII ENGLISH GARDENS OF THE SIXTEENTH, SEVENTEENTH AND 



EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES 203 



IX GERMAN AND AUSTRIAN GARDENS 232 



X GARDEN DESIGN IN SPAIN 264 



XI THE ENGLISH LANDSCAPE SCHOOL AND ITS INFLUENCE ON THE 



CONTINENT 288 



BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SELECTED WORKS ON EUROPEAN GARDEN 



DESIGN 312 



INDEX TO TEXT AND ILLUSTRATIONS 322 



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