Garden pictures are often photographic, one may count the 
leaves or petals with botanical accuracy, but they seldom if ever con- 
vey in their portrayal the real garden charm. These pastels, however, 
are like a song that remains in the memory. They are delicately se- 
lective and suggestive and communicate to the observer something of 
the garden lover's own enthusiasm. 
Being an artist, Mr. Henderson of course instinctively appreciates 
the arrangement of color planned by the skillful gardener. In "Holly- 
hocks and Larkspur" or in "Tiger Lilies and Phlox" the color is like a 
strain of music. Or again in "Verrochio's Little Boy," with its ex- 
quisite drawing or in "The Fountain" from Mrs. Finley Barrell's garden 
— he gives us the unalloyed pleasure of a sensation that is hard to cap- 
ture — the feeling of green leaves, of cool water, of a quiet moment. 
The larger aspect of garden landscape with architectural sur- 
roundings is shown in "The Lily Pool" and the "South Facade" from 
Mr. Harold McCormick's estate, or in the "Formal Garden" or "The 
Casino" from Mrs. Ogden Armour's garden at Melody Farm. These 
are only a few of the pastels shown, but in each one exhibited the color 
and selection are equally characteristic of the individual garden. 
The other pastels in the series include vistas and doorways, pools, 
pergolas and glades from the gardens of Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson, 
Mrs. Norman W. Harris, Mrs. Frederick Clay Bartlett, Mrs. John J. 
Mitchell and Mrs. Arthur Aldis. 
From the point of view of the landscape gardener work like this 
has an especial significance, and recognizing this fact the Landscape 
Garden Department of the University of Illinois has asked to have the 
exhibition shown at Urbana following the Chicago exhibition, and later, 
with the consent of their owners, the pastels will be shown in Cleveland. 
A. F. R. 
E>ablia "Sunsbine" 
The remarkable success of Mrs. C. H. Stout, of the Garden 
Club of Short Hills, with her seedling Dahlia, "Sunshine," should be 
recorded here. 
Mrs. Stout raised the plant from seed in 1913. Last year it was 
shown at the Dahlia Show of her Club, where it took first prize in the 
single class. The American Dahlia Society, however, calls it duplex, 
while the National Dahlia Society also considers it single. It has 
already taken eight prizes and a medal. 
This Dahlia I have seen. It is, without doubt, the rarest of all 
the yellows from many points of view. The texture of the flower 
struck me as rich beyond description. Its color is thus described from 
Ridgway's Chart: "By strong daylight the petals are Pinard Yellow, 
shaded with Salmon Yellow and the center is Capucine Orange. The 
flower turns at night to an indescribable pink." 
