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HENDERSON’S NEW BOOK 
‘PICTURESQUE GARDENS.” 
(ORNAMENTAL GARDENING ILLUSTRATED.) 
By CHARLES HENDERSON. 
60 Pages, 93x12 inches. 340 Photographic Illustrations, Price, $2.50 Postpaid. 
HIS unique new book mirrors the charms of the prettiest parks, lawns and gardens of Europe and Amer- 
ica. The picturesque, the natural and the gardenesque adornments are reflected in over three hun- 
; dred 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. 
Although there are countless works of exhaustive precept on landscaping and gardening, there have been 
mone issued so rich with illustrations of example of lawn and garden creations, so that some fruitful sugges- 
tions must be found adaptable to the environment of every home, whether pretentious or modest. The range 
of the book is indicated by the following: 
Flower Gardens and Bedding.—Geometrical bedding and bedding designs—Formal gardens—Sunken 
and terrace gardens—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. 
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 arbors, piazzas, windows, columns, arcades, peragolas, 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. 
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, specimens or grouped—Ponds, lakes, streams, cascades, 
bridges. 
“JT have spent some time in delightful examination of “By far the finest and most projusely illustrated work 
your book, ‘Picturesque Gardens.’ The longer I look at on ornamental gardening ever issued in America, * * * 
tt the better I like tt. It 1s so full of suggestions that help The text gives admirable hints concerning the beautifying 
one in planning and ornamenting the garden.” of home grounds.”” 
WM. S. GATES, 135 State St.. Auburn, N.Y. RURAL NEW YORKER. 
Newly revised and enlarged edition, 
HENDERSON’S SAR ce ines er cd 
66 9 RANWW PERN EV BIA NA ee EN 
The Newly Revised and Enlarged Edition of Henderson’s Bulb Culture.*.*.* 
PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED. Gives the up-to-date methods of treatment for flowering all kinds of Hardy and Tender Winter, Spring, 
Summer and Autumn Blooming? Bulbs, Titbe-s, Corms, etc. 
68 Pages. 
P Hardy Bulbs for gardens, lawns, design bedding, borders, naturalizing, etc.—Soils, situa 
Price, Postpaid, 50c. paration of ground for bulbs—When and how to plant bulbs—and the proper depths—Treatn 
after flowering—Designs for beds. 
‘ Bulbs for Spring Planting.—Garden bulbs for summer and autumn flowering. 
lif ili | Treatment of the hardy, h 
Hil =i 2) for winter flower 
’ flowering—Flower 
pots, etc.—Keeping 
Hints on buying and selecti 
poses—Cultural instruction 
bulbs—Cold frames and cold pi 
Bulbs for Window Garden and G@reenhouse,— 
li-h raw ana tender rts 
Henderson’s Bulb Culture also gives a complete 
descriptive list of all ornan l species of flowering 
bulbs with any special re ats needed. Price, 
50c., postpaid. 
