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HENDERSON’S PICTURESQUE GARDENS 
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An Artistic Terrace Garden 
Our engraving reveals an unusually well - arranged and planted terrace. The sloping 
banks are bordered irregularly with hardy shrubbery, the rich coloring of which is enhanced 
by a fringing group of hardy Ferns, which add variety of form and tint. Hardy Ferns are 
not as much utilized for similar purposes as they deserve to be. No plants can equal their 
graceful and pleasing effect. The vase - embellished balustrades and pillars in the illustration 
are decked with Ivy, but iu a dry climate the Japan Ivy {Ampelopsis Veitchii) should be 
substituted. 
Armillary Sphere 
A novel lawn ornament, serving as a 
sun-dial. It is set with the axis point- 
ing north and south at the same incli- 
nation as the axis of the earth. The 
small rings represent the arctic and 
antarctic circles, the broad band the 
equator, on the inner surface of which 
is the dial. As the earth revolves the 
shadow of the band representing the 
meridian falls across the equatorial band, 
indicating the hour. 
