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HENDERSON’S PICTURESQUE GARDENS 
WALLED GARDENS 
Walled Gardens, an example of which is delineated here, are 
largely European institutions, a survival of the troublous ages when 
a strong wall surrounding the home and grounds formed a barrier 
between the inmates and the outside world that afforded a comfort- 
ing sense of security. As traditional customs are not quickly elimi- 
nated, even in garden plans, border walls still remain a feature of 
many British and Continental home grounds, especially in the cities 
and towns, and although no longer needed for protection, they 
accord with the sentiments 
of privacy and exclusive- 
ness in which many Euro- 
pean people indulge. 
These walled spaces, 
when bordering suburban 
roads and streets, often 
present an unbroken face 
on either side for block 
after block, thus impress- 
ing an American accus- 
tomed to broad open 
grounds with a feeling of 
restrained freedom and 
oppressed air, but a peep 
into the gardens dispels 
all gloom and reveals a 
world of beauty. The 
reverse side of the somber 
brick wall is partly veiled 
with Roses, Clematis and 
other flowering climbers 
charmingly entangled and 
gay with color. Other 
sections of the wall are 
draped with dark -leaved 
Ivy and Ampelopsis, which 
forms an effective back- 
ground for stately Sun- 
flowers, Hollyhocks and 
other tall-growing flowers 
and shrubs, which are 
grouped along the border, 
so that they entirely re- 
