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Picturesque gardens 



S^ (ORNAMENTAL GARDENING ILLISTRATEDI 



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CHARLES HENDERSON. 



C- O ■"'• •;• v O O O 



All who love to embellish 



their 



Lawns and Gardens, 



and those 



planning New Grounds, 



should have 



this unique Book. 



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ENDERSON'S 



. . . NEW BOOK, 



46 Picturesque Gardens/' 



Minors the charms of the prettiest parks, lawns and 

 gardens of Europe and America. The picturesque, the 

 natural and the gardenesque adornments are rellected in 

 over three hundred magnificent photographic illustra- 

 tions 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 



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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 prenpt on landscaping 

 and gardening, there have been none issued so rich with 

 illust rations 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, wid get many valuable ideas from this beautiful book. 

 160 pages, 9%xl2 inches, 310 illustrations. 



"Picturesque Gardens" * 



is indicated by the titles of 

 some of the views: 



Flower Gardens ami Bedding. — Geometrical bed- 

 ding and bedding designs — Forum] gardens — Sunken 

 .•mil terrnce gardens— Gay parterres— Walled .gardens- 

 French, Italian, English ami Japanese gardens — Amer- 

 ican gardens (city, villa ami suburban) — Topiary and 

 old-fashioned gardens— Subtropical gardens— Aquatic 

 gardens— Rosariums, ferneries, rockeries— Herbaceous 

 borders — Flower-fringed paths, etc. 



Unique ami \ it i»t i<- Effects with Plants, Vims and 

 Trees. — Verdure arches and festoons— Rose bowersand 

 arches— Screens and fancy hedges— Old trees, etc., em- 

 bowered wit ii vines— Vine-clothed rocks ami banks — 

 Vine-covered arbors, piazzas, windows, rolumns, ar- 



cades, peragolos, bui r bouses, etc.— Garden rests 



and retreats — s.-ats ol atone, iron, rustle, etc., old-fash- 

 ioned and t lern — Floral clocks — The Maze — Veranda 



decoration ami decorative plants in tabs, <■<>■., ami 

 numerous garden adornments. 



i.nviii iews.— i-.nwn gardens— Park lawns— Shady nooks 

 — Vista aad lundscapi — Avenues, walks and drives — 

 Terraces, steps and halustrj - and statuary — 



Sun dials — Fountains — Entrance gateway h — Ornamen- 

 tal ami flowering trees, shrubs ami plants, specimens 

 or grouped — Ponds, lakes, si reams, cascades, bridges. 



HENDERSON'S II PirtllfAcnuo rioeilonc " is handsomelv hound, and will grace any library table. Dt-irA Q? *fl POST- 

 NEW BOOK. rICLUrCS>qUe UarUenS, even as an album | lnc bcauiilul in gardens. rrlCe, Z>£..d\), PAID . 



