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Charlottesville, Virginia, USA. As a guest of Mr. Jefferson, he would take you on a tour of the lawn, with its numerous gardens, and his 'pet trees' in an adjacent wooded area. He selected 160 different types of trees to plant on the mountain. Standing among the 'pet trees', we are looking southwest to Montalto, a larger adjacent mountain. Jefferson purchased the land on this mountain in 1777, with plans to build an observatory at the peak, though that plan never materialized.