Begin at home, with republican dignity, then south into the gardens of Mexico.
Take the steamer to Bristol and motor through eleven gardens — the book lingers here, and so shall we.
Cross the Channel for one perfect château, then south to the royal gardens of Spain.
Five villas and the ghosts of ancient Rome, then up the Adriatic to a castle by the sea.
An empress’s island palace, the walled paradises of Persia, the Taj by moonlight, and irises outside Tokyo.
The Pacific steamer takes three weeks. Just enough time to read the book again — or to see where you have been on the world map.