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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Epigraph
Contents
Author’s Note
Prologue
1 - “The Cincinnatus of the West”: George Washington’s American Garden at Mount Vernon
2 - “Gardens, Peculiarly Worth the Attention of an American”: Thomas Jefferson’s and John Adams’s English Garden Tour
3 - “A Nursery of American Statesmen”: The Constitutional Convention in 1787 and a Garden Visit
4 - “Parties and Politicks”: James Madison’s and Thomas Jefferson’s Tour of New England
5 - “Political Plants Grow in the Shade”: The Summer of 1796
6 - “City of Magnificent Intentions”: The Creation of Washington, D.C., and the White House
7 - “Empire of Liberty”: Jefferson’s Western Expansion
8 - “Tho’ an Old Man, I am But a Young Gardener”: Thomas Jefferson at Monticello
9 - “Balance of Nature”: James Madison at Montpelier
Epilogue
Appendix: Maps of Mount Vernon, Peacefield, Monticello and Montpelier
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Illustration Credits
Acknowledgments
Index
A Note About the Author
Illustrations
Other Books by This Author
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