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 NEW BOOK, 



PICTURESQUE GARDENS 



J J ORNAMENTAL 

 GARDENING 

 ILLUSTRATED. 



£v CHARLES HENDERSON 



160 pages, 9J x 12 inches ; 340 photographic illustrations. Price, S2.50, post-paid. 



THIS unique new book mirrors the charms of the prettiest parks, lawns and gardens of Europe and America. The picturesque, 

 the natural and the gardenesque adornments are reflected in over three hundred magnificent photographic illustrations 



from nature — many of these views are 5x7 inches, some larger, few smaller; they are grouped and printed in a most 

 artistic manner on heavy-coated paper, with just enough text matter to describe the view and name the plants, vines, trees and 



shrubs needed to produce a similar effect or design. 



There are in this country many lawns, gardens and grounds which the owners 

 would.. "improve and embellish, but- they do not know exactly what they want, 

 what .would look well rior ho\y to go about it, and it is for the benefit of such that 

 we have prepared this book, for, although there are countless works of exhaustive 

 precept 011 : landscaping and: gardening, there have been none issued so rich with 

 illustrations of example. In it we force -no particular styles or fashions, but 

 describe and picture such a great variety of lawn and garden creations that some 

 fruitful suggestions must be found adaptable to the environment of every home, 

 whether pretentious or modest. 



Those who are fond of improving and- embellishing their gardens, lawns and 

 grounds, or who are planning new ones, will get many valuable ideas from this 

 beautiful book. 



"1 am very much pleased with your book 'Pictur- 

 esque Gardens,' having received from it many valua- 

 ble hints as to beautifying a place of seven acres on 

 which was some bog land that I did not know what 

 to do with. It is a handsome, valuable book and 

 I appreciate its practabilitv." 



J. T. BULLA RD, Mt, Lake Park, Md. 



"Your Henderson's 'Picturesque Gardens' is 

 more than I expected or hoped for. It is a very- 

 beautiful book and transports one as it were to the 

 most beautiful gardens of the world. It will be an 

 incentive to all who see it to strive for better results 

 iu their gardening operations." 



E. L. NIXON, 

 67 Second Place, Brooklyn, N. Y. 



"Tour ' Picturesque Gardens' is a very suggestive 

 and useful book, and I am glad to have it in our 

 library here." SAMUEL B. GREEN, 



Prof, of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin. 



"I have spent much delightful time with yourbook, 



'Picturesque Gardens,' and the longer I look the 



better I like it; so lull of suggestions that help one in 



planning improvements in our ornamentalgardens." 



WM. H. GATES, 13D State Street, Auburn, N. Y. 



"Your book. 'Picturesque Gardens,' is beautiful, 

 admirably edited, and a credit to vou in every wav." 

 A. B. VARQUHAR, York, Pa. 



"I havederived a great amount of pleasure and use- 

 ful information from v our ' Picturesque Gardens."' 

 WM. HA YWAItD, Nebraska City, Neb. 



" I find Henderson's 'Picturesque Gardens' an ex- 

 tremely interesting and helpful work." 



CARLETON R. BALL. Asst. Agrostologist, 

 U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 



The Range of Henderson's "PICTURESQUE GARDENS": 



FLOWER GARDENS AND BEDDING. — Geometrical bedding and bedding designs— Formal gardens 

 — Sunken and terrace garden — Gay parterres — Walled gardens — French, Italian, English and 

 Japanese gardens — American gardens (city, villa and suburban) — Topiary and old-fashioned 

 gardens — Subtropical gardens — Aquatic gardens — Rosariums, ferneries, rockeries — Herbaceous 

 borders — Flower-fringed paths, etc. 



LAWN VIEWS. — Lawn gardens — Park lawns — Shady nooks — Vista and landscape — Avenues, walks 

 and drives — Terraces, steps and balustrades — Vases and statuary — Sun dials — Fountains — 

 Entrance gateways — Ornamental and flowering trees, shrubs and plants, specimen or grouped — 

 Ponds, lakes, streams, cascades, bridges. 



UNIQUE AND ARTISTIC EFFECTS WITH PLANTS, VINES AND TREES.— Verdure arches and 

 festoons — Rose bowers and arches — Screens and fancy hedges — Old trees, etc., embowered with 

 vines — Vine-clothed rocks and banks — Vine-covered arbcrs, piazzas, windows, columns, arcades, 

 pergolas, summer houses, etc. — Garden rests and retreats — Seats of stone, rustic, etc., old- 

 fashioned and modern — Floral clocks — The Maze — Veranda decoration and decorative plants in 

 tubs, etc., and numerous garden adornments. 



" Picturesque Gardens," 



HENDERSON'S NEW BOOK, 



is handsomely bound, and will grace any library table, 

 even as an album of the beautiful in gardens. 



Price, $2.50, post-paid. 



