Historic Gardens of Virginia - James River Garden Club

Description: Historic Gardens of VirginiaSecond Edition Compiled by the James River Garden Club Edited By Edith Tunis Sale, 1923573 pages, illustrated, indexed, searchable 13 Full Color Engravings, Hundreds of Half Tone Engravings and Illustrations, 86 Garden Plans - Bonus Book -Historic Houses and Their Gardens By Frank Miles Day, 1908256 pages, illustrated, indexed, searchable - Bonus #2 -The Garden Club of AmericaBulletins 1913-1917 409 pages, indexed, searchable - Bonus #3 -The Floral Worldand Garden Guide Printed 18584284 pages, illustrated, indexed, searchable ******************************************************************************Digital EBook CD Requires Adobe Reader 7 or higher to View; or MAC AccessAutoboot Menu for Easy PC Access; Manually open files on MAC****************************************************************************** TABLE OF CONTENTS THE JAMES RIVER PLANTATION BELT The Gardens of Williamsburg 19 Claremont Manor 27 Tedington 31 Brandon 35 Upper Brandon 39 Weyanoke 41 Flower de Hundred 43 Westover 47 Appomattox 54 Shirley 61 Ampthill 65 RICHMOND AND VICINITY Church Hill -73 The Archer House : . 78 Valentine Museum 81 An Old Richmond Garden 84 Brook Hill 90 Hickory Hill 93 WiLLIAMSVILLE 99 Airwell 105 Oakland io8 THE UPPER JAMES Tuckahoe 113 Norwood 122 Rock Castle 124 Elk Hill 129 Bremo 136 Recess I39 Point of Fork 142 Westend 145 THE TIDEWATER TRAIL Lawson Hall 151 Poplar Hall I54 Green Plains 158 Poplar Grove 161 Toddsbury 164 White Marsh 167 Sherwood 170 Belleville i75 Hampstead 178 THE POTOMAC AND RAPPAHANNOCK RIVERSStratford 185 Mount Vernon 189 Gunston Hall 198 Chatham 203 Mary Washington's Garden 206 The Mabry Garden in Fredericksburg 209 Fall Hill 213 Sabine Hall 217 Mount Airy 221 AvENEL 226 Prospect Hill 230 Gay Mont 234 THE PIEDMONT SECTION Oak Hill 241 Oatlands 245 Montpelier 250 WooDiiERRY Forest 255 Barboursville 258 Horseshoe 260 Castle Hill 265 Redlands 268 MoRVEN 271 FARMINGTON 273 Bloomfield 276 Monticello 280 MiRADOR 284 Red Hill 287 The Oaks 291 Berry Hill, Halifax County 295 Bellevue 299 Banister Lodge 302 Staunton Hill 305 PRESTWULD 308 Dan's Hill 315 The Valley of the Dan 317 Oak Hill, Pittsylvania County : 320 Bekry Hill, Pittsylvania County 324 THE VALLEY OF VIRGINIA Folly 329 Carter Hall 334 Saratoga 342 Annefield 344 BEYOND THE MOUNTAINS The Meadows 348 Carpet Hill 353 TABLE OF ILLUSTRATIONS COLOUR ENGRAVINGS "Castle Hill" Frontispiece Illumination Title Page Westover Facing Page 52 Garden Walk at Shirley 60 The House at Tuckahoe from the Box Garden — Jefferson School House in the Foreground 116 Plan of the Tuckahoe Garden 117 Elevation of Hampstead 180 Mount Vernon 188 Box Garden at Mount Vernon 189 The Garden at Sabine Hall 224 Mount Airy 225 The Garden at Montpelier 252 The Bloomfield Garden 276 PLANS OF THE GARDENS Claremont Manor Facing Page 28 Brandon 37 Upper Brandon 39 Flower de Hundred 43 Westover 53 Appomattox 56 Shirley 61 The Archer House 80 Valentine Museum 84 Anderson House • 86 Hickory Hill 93 Airwell io5 Norwood 121 Rock Castle 128 Elk Hill 133 Bremo Recess I37 Point of Fork 140 White Marsh 168 Sherwood I73 Belleville I77 Mount Vernon 192 Gunston Hall I99 Belvoir 202 Sabine Hall 217 Mount Airy 225 Avenel 226 Prospect Hill 230 Gay Mont 235 Oak Hill, Loudoun County 245 Oatlands 249 Woodherry Forest Facing Page 256 Horseshoe 261 Redlands 269 Morvcn 272 Farmiiigton 274 Mirador 274 Red Hill 2S7 Berry Hill 299 Bellevue 300 Banister Lodge 305 Prestwould 30Q Carter Hall 336 The Meadows 348 Carpet Hill ^-,2 HALF-TONE ENGRAVINGS The Saunders House Facing Page 20 Peyton Randolph House 20 Bassett Hall, Where Tom Moore Wrote "The Firefly" 21 Home of George Wythe, Where the Once Beautiful Gardens May be Traced 24 The Peachy House from the Balcony of Which LaFayette Spoke ... 24 The Tucker House, Where John Randolph of Roanoke Lived as a Boy . . 24 Tazewell Hall, Home of Sir John Randolph 24 Bruton Parish Church, Where a Pink Hawthorne Tree Blooms Above Masses of Violets and Narcissi 25 Maycox, on James River, Site of First Attempt at Horticulture in America 25 Carter's Grove on the Lower James, Where a Terraced Garden Once Led Down to the River 25 The Little Garden at Claremont 29 Entrance to "The Old Mansion" at Claremont 29 Tedington, Home of the Lightfoots 32 Brandon, Original Seat of the Harrison Family 33 June in the Garden at Brandon 36 Vista of James River in the Garden at Brandon 38 Upper Brandon 40 The Garden at Upper Brandon 40 James River Near Upper Brandon 41 Weyanoke 41 Flower de Hundred 42 Westover, the Home of William Byrd 44 Garden Walk at Westover 45 Tomb of William Byrd H at W'cstover 48 River Wall at Westover 49 A Gateway at Westover 56 Appomattox — Founded by Francis Eppes in 1635 • ?<7 Cucumber Tree at Violet Banks, the Shore Estate Near Appomattox, With Spread of One Hundred Feet. General Lee Camped in Its Shade During the Campaign of 1864 57 Shirley, Original Home of the Carters 64 Falling Creek, Site of the First Iron Furnace in America 65 Ampthill, Home of Colonel Archibald Gary ^ Old Stone Bridge Over Falling Creek 69 The Garden of the Adams House in Richmond Facing Page 72 Original Home of Richard Adams, Built About 1760, One of the Oldest Houses in Richmond 72 View Through the Garden from the Portico of the Adams House .... 73 Carrington House on Church Hill 73 The Archer House in Richmond 76 The Garden of the Archer House 77 Garden at the Valentine Museum in Richmond 81 South Front of House of General Joseph R. Anderson — Now the Site of the Jefferson Hotel 85 The Home of General Joseph R. Anderson 87 The Brook Hill Garden 90 Entrance to the Park at Brook Hill in Winter 9^ Hickory Hill Q2 Box Walk at Hickory Hill 96 Formal Garden at Hickory Hill 97 Box Trees Shading the Lowest Fall at Hickory Hill 98 An Arch of Boxwood at Williamsville 99 Williamsville, Hanover County 99 A Corner in the Airwell Garden 104 Airwell, Hanover County 104 Claremont, Surry County 104 Edgewood, One of the Berkeley Homes in Planover County 105 Thomas Nelson Page in the Oakland Garden no Oakland, the Birthplace of Thomas Nelson Page, in Hanover County . .110 The Box "Maze" at Tuckahoe, Goochland County in North Front of Tuckahoe When the Daffodils Bloom 112 The Tuckahoe Garden in June 113 The River Terraces at Wilton, the Randolph Home on the Lower James, Where Jonquils Taken from Tuckahoe are Lavishly Naturalized . . . 120 The Cedar Lane at Tuckahoe 120 Norwood, the Kennon Home in Powhatan County 121 A Garden Entrance at Rock Castle 124 Rock Castle, the Rutherfoord Home in Goochland County 125 Box Trees at Elk Hill in Winter 129 Sempervirens Boxwood at Elk Hill 132 Serpentine Brick Walk Leading from House to Garden at Elk Hill . . . 132 Elk Hill— North Front I33 River Front of Lower Bremo 136 The Hillside Garden at Lower Bremo 136 Stone Garden Wall at Recess 137 Point of Fork 140 North Front of Upper Bremo 141 Recess 141 Westend, Louisa County 144 Lilies in the Garden at Westend I45 The Garden at Lawson Hall 150 Lawson Hall, Princess Anne County 150 Sylvan Scene, Northampton County, Home of the Fitzhughs 151 Poplar Hall, Norfolk County 154 The Park at White Marsh with its Remarkable Variety of Trees .... 155 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 White 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 Morrven, 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 310 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 Just insert the CD into your Windows computer and use the menu to open your book(s), and to download the latest version of Adobe Reader. If your system security prevents the CD from auto loading, just double-left click the Autorun file on the CD. For MAC (or Windows) open the PDF file for your book. Don’t forget to also open the pictures/maps and audio files. Check out my other items! 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