A Grand Tour of Gardens: Traveling in Beauty through Western Europe and the United States

List of Illustrations

Illustrations COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS following page 2 Entrance to Emily Whaley’s garden An antique garden urn filled with spring blooms Emily Whaley enjoying her colorful perennial border Reflecting pool and summer blooms in her garden Blue hydrangeas and yellow Parkinsonia in Emily Whaley’s garden Spring blooms in Emily Whaley’s garden Garden view from her terrace The reflecting pool in her garden following page 74 Chateau of Chenonceau The house and garden at Bois des Moutiers The author in the garden at Giverny The Japanese bridge in Monet’s water garden Fred LeClercq in the garden of Chateau Brecy Chateau and garden of Vaux le Vicomte following page 98 The garden at Gravetye Manor The author at Dunloe Castle Hotel The Edwardian pond at Bodysgallen The knot garden at Bodysgallen The Pin Mill at Bodnant Garden A reflecting pond at Bodnant Garden The garden at Powis Castle Threave Castle and garden The water garden at Threave Castle The walled garden at Culzean Castle Culzean Castle in Maybole Drummond Castle Gardens Illustrations xi The formal garden at Drummond Castle The garden at Levens Hall Newby Hall with colorful herbaceous borders Waddesdon Manor near Aylesbury The water garden at Exbury Henry Hoare’s Palladian mansion The Pantheon from the Palladian bridge The formal water garden at Danesfield House The pergola with wisteria at Chewton Glen The garden at Sharrow Bay following page 130 Spring gardens at Insel Mainau The pool and garden at Linderhof The fountain at King Ludwig II’s Linderhof The view of Linderhof from the Temple of Love BLACK-AND-WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS The fountain and stairway to Villa Carlotta 22 Rita Pane in her garden, Villa Tritone 23 The LeClercqs having tea at Hotel Splendido 24 The vista from La Cervara 25 The waterfall at La Mortella 26 Palazzo Pfanna 29 The tower at Ninfa 31 A river god at Villa Lante 37 Villa d’Este and the walk of a hundred fountains 39 Garden entrance, Villa Le Balze 41 The formal garden at Villa I Tatti 42 A view of the formal garden, Villa I Tatti 43 A temple of love at La Pietra 44 Villa Chigi Cetinale 46 Looking west from Chigi Cetinale 46 The vista from Villa La Foce 47 Mt. Etna and the Greek amphitheater at Taormina 47 Vista from Son Morroig 140 Water jets in the garden at Alfabia 141 Reflecting pool, the Alhambra 144 Water jets in the Generalife garden 145 xii Illustrations Men of Madeira and their sleigh-riding customers 147 The Biltmore Mansion from the garden 155 The walled garden, Biltmore Estate, 156 The water staircase, Vizcaya 161 The Bok Tower Garden on Lake Wales 164 The Cummer Museum and Garden 165 The John and Mable Ringling Museum 168 Belvidere Plantation House 180 The author at Belvidere House 181 ...