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HENDERSON’S 
PICTURESQUE GARDENS 
Beautiful “Biltmore” 
This estate, near Asheville, North Caro- 
lina, is famous for its elaborate gardens and 
lawns and beautiful landscape effects. Trees 
and shrubs, flowering, deciduous and ever- 
green, both native and imported, have been 
utilized by thousands according to the ideals 
of high landscape art to produce effects, both 
picturesque and formal. We give a view of 
the mansion, which stands in a commanding 
position, surrounded by its own beautiful 
grounds, and overlooking miles of country 
from whence the eye can range over hill 
and dell, forest, lake and stream, finding its 
limitation only where the distant mountain 
peaks meet the cloud line. 
The striking Terrace Garden beneath 
is arranged with the true formality of the 
Italian type. The angular lines of ample 
walks, lawns, pools, hedges and creeper- 
clad wall, punctuated with tubs of large 
Bay trees and statuary, form an artistic 
harmony in juxtaposition with the archi- 
tectural lines of the magnificent house, 
steps from which lead into this garden as 
shown in the foreground. 
Below this Terrace Garden is the 
Shrub Garden, where all of the best in 
flowering shrubs are boldly grouped in a 
natural manner. There are many other 
beautiful features at Biltmore, including 
the Walled Flower Garden, Zigzag Drive, 
conservatories, pergolas, arbors, etc., all 
combining in tbe formation of one of the 
finest estates in this country. 
