HENDERSON'S 

 NEW BOOK, 



'plCTUKESQUE GARDENS" 



{Ornamental Gardening Illustrated) 



By CHARLES HENDERSON. 



160 pages, 9Jxl2 inches: 340 photographic illustrations. Price, $2.50, 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 inany lawns, gardens and grounds which the owners 

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

 what would look well nor how 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 on landscaping and gardening, there have been none issued so rich with 

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

 scribe and picture such a great variety o,f lawn and garden creations that some 

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

 whether pretentious or modest. r . - 



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. 



The Range of Henderson's "PICTURESQUE GARDENS." 



FLOWER GARDENS AND BEDDING.— Geometrical bedding and bedding desifns— 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 statuaryi— Sun dials-r-Fountains — En- 

 trance 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 arche.s and fes- 

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

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

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

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

 tubs, etc., and numerous garden adornments. 



To say this is one of the most useful and beautiful 

 works of the times on practical landscape gardening is no 

 ■more than due to Mr. Henderson. There are several hun- 

 dred illustrations of beauty spots in large and small gar- 

 dens that afford admirable hints for those who would 

 make beauty where plainness only ruled before." 



MEEHAN'S MONTHLY. 



" / have received ' Picturesque Gardens ' with which I 

 am much pleased_ having, from it, received many valuable 

 hints as to the beautifying of a place of seven acres, on 

 which was some bog land that I did not knoiv what to do 

 with It is a handsome and valuable book, and one which 

 I appreciate for its practicability.'' 



J. T. BULL.ARD, Mt. Lake Park, Aid. 



This is a notable book, both for the variety and ex- 

 cellence of its pliotographic illustrations and as a prac- 

 tical contribution to the growing love of Americans who 

 delight in making the sitrroundings of their homes beau- 

 tiful, etc." THE CONGREGATION ALIST. 



To say that I am pleased with your book, ' Picturesque 

 Gardens,' is stating it lightly. It is a magnificent work 

 of art, a valuable guide to the gardener, carrying one, as 

 it were, through the^ world s beautiful gardens and suggest- 

 ing, from time to lime, beautiful effects in plant grouping 

 and color blending." JOHN COCHRAN, 



Gardener to Mrs. J. 'E. Addicks, Claymont, Del. 



The book will be found of the greatest assistance to 

 those whose mission is to make home sitrroundings beau- 

 iful, etc." THE FLORISTS' EXCH.ANGE. 



HENDERSON'S 

 NEW BOOK, 



"PICTURESQUE GARDENS," 



is handsomely bound, and will grace any library table, 

 even as an album of the beautiful in gardens. 



PRICE, $2.50, POST=PAID. 



