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HENDERSON’S 
PICTURESQUE 
GARDENS 
A Lawn With Landscape Effect 
We illustrate to the right what we con- 
sider a well-planted lawn. The bold sweep 
of open turf is fringed and indented with 
naturally planted groups of deciduous and 
evergreen trees, round-headed, weeping and 
pyramidal, that give variety to the sky-outline 
as well as to the surface outline of the lawn. 
Dwarf shrubbery clothes the base of some of 
the tree groups. The variety of foliage color 
— light green, dark green, purple - bronze, 
etc. — com.bined with the lights and shadows, 
assist in forming a picturesque landscape 
effect so much nobler than when trees and 
shrubs are dotted individually here and there 
all over the grounds. 
To the left we illustrate a speci- 
men of Rhus cotinus, popularly 
known as Smoke Tree, Purple Fringe, 
Mist Tree, etc. It is a hardy spread- 
ing shrub, or small tree, 8 to 12 feet 
high, and is greatly admired, when 
properly placed, for its distinct and 
picturesque effect. In summer the 
entire plant is veiled like a cloud 
with large feathery panicles of 
bloom. In the autumn the foliage 
colors up beautifully. 
An Effective Lawn Tree 
