Acknowledgments Volume i 1. Introduction The Garden Notebook The Owner and Location of the Gardens A Duchess Mother and a Jesuit Father: A Garden Alliance Interpreting the Manuscript 2.The Plans of the Flower Gardens The Topographical Reconstruction The Early Garden The Nine-Star Garden The Star-Centered Garden Father Ganducci and Garden Design 3.The Planting Design The Planting at San Lorenzo The Planting of the Early Garden (see Plan 1 insert at back of book) The Planting of the Nine-Star Garden in 1662 and 1664 (see Plan 2a and 2b inserts at back of book) The Planting of the Star-Centered Garden in 1665 (see Plan 3 insert at back of book) Conclusion Appendix A: Description and Transcriptions Appendix A.1 Description of the Manuscript Appendix A.2 Transcription and Translation of the Garden Journal Appendix A.3 A. Transcription of the Nine-Star Garden Planting Plan in 1662 B. Transcription of the Nine-Star Garden Planting Plan in 1664 C. Transcription of Tulips Planted in the Star-Centered Garden in 1665 D. Transcription of the Lit of Tulips Purchased in 1665 E. Transcription of Sown Annual and Perennial Plant Lit F. Lit and Botanical Identification of Sown Plants Appendix B: Plants at San Lorenzo, 1656–1665 Appendices B.1–5 The sources Italian Manuscripts Dutch Tulip Book Manuscripts Printed Sources including Plant Catalogues Appendix B.1 Plants in the Early Garden in 1656 Appendix B.2 Plants in the Nine-Star Garden in 1662 Appendix B.3 Plants in the Nine-Star Garden in 1664 Appendix B.4 Plants in the Star-Centered Garden in 1665 Appendix B.5 A. Acquisition Lit of French Tulips [ca. 1664–65] in (Fol. [VIIIr]) B. Tulips on the Acquisition Lit (1664–65) Not Appearing in Planting Schemes Bibliography Abbreviations Manuscripts Maps and Catato Regiters Sources Published before 1900 Sources Published after 1900 Topographical Reconstruction Maps (inserted at back of book) Plan 1: The Flower Garden at San Lorenzo in 1656 Plan 2a: The Nine-Star Garden in 1662 Plan 2b: The Nine-Star Garden in 1664 Plan 3: The Star-Centered Garden in 1665 Volume ii The Manuscript Planting Notebook (reproduction)

Ada V. Segre is an independent scholar and former Fellow of Dumbarton Oaks and Villa I Tatti.