Kentucky
Gardens - An Historical Vignette
When Robert Alexander
came to Philadelphia
with his friend Benjamin Franklin, he made a trip to the
new state of Kentucky and soon after, won over by its
charms, decided to live there.
Alexander became so engrossed with his beautiful estate,
Walnut Hall, just outside Lexington, Kentucky that he
declined to go back to Scotland to claim a lordly title.
Walnut Hall was said by Lord Derby to be "as beautiful
as any place in England." With its 4,000 acres divided
off into parks and woodlands according to English ideals,
it had some of the richest soil in the world and an unmatched
idyllic beauty.
Bibliography
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