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GARDENS 
HENDERSON’S PICTURESQUE 
Home Grounds Elaborately Adorned 
We picture below an elaborate treatment of home 
grounds, which conforms to the renaissance character 
of the architecture. Consequently everything is in 
pleasing harmony; broad geometrical walks of gravel ; 
vase-adorned balustrades overlooking a shrub-planted 
terrace and the brilliant parterres lying below. 
The Dolphin Dam 
The old Neapolitan gar- 
dens of Caserta are among 
the famous gardens of the 
world ; the embellishments 
are of the most florid period 
of Italian renaissance, com- 
prising statuary, groups of 
figures representing mytho- 
logical subjects, ornately 
sculptured stone - work lav- 
ishly used in the formation 
of fountains, cascades, grot- 
toes, temples, pergolas, etc., 
as the above treatment of 
the dam will indicate. 
