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HENDERSON’S PICTURESQUE GARDENS 
A Terra-cotta Vase Well Filled 
Vases, well filled with luxuriant vines and 
plants, form very decorative objects when 
properly located on the lawn. We have al- 
ways had good success with the terra-cotta 
vases in hot and exposed situations ; the 
thick brick -like material absorbs water, and 
remains cool when exposed to the glare of 
the sun, and in consequence the plants 
thrive well, as the soil does not dry out so 
readily, especially around the side of the 
vase. These vases can, of course, be painted 
anv color desired. 
Elaborate Park Bedding 
The center bed in the above illustration is composed of the following plants; The 
sloping edge is of Echeveria secunda glauca, with panels of Alternanthera nigra; the raised 
scroll and circles are of dwarf blue Ageratum over a groundwork of double white Alyssum; 
the raised center, filled with Agave and Cactus, is bor- 
dered with Echeveria secunda glauca. The taller 
individual plants grouped or isolated over the bed are 
Agaves and varieties of Cactus. The two circular 
parterres, flanking the center bed, are filled with 
double white Alyssum, dwarf blue Ageratum and the 
red-leaved Alternanthera. 
