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HENDERSON’S 
PICTURESQUE GARDENS 
Ornamental Rhubarb 
The ornamental section of the Rheum 
family, illustrated below, is boldly effec- 
tive and picturesque when naturalized 
in the wild garden, or in grassy glades 
near shrubbery, where luxuriant vegeta- 
tion is desired. The leaves, large and 
glossy green, are usually ribbed with 
red and are topped by towering 
feathery flower- spikes. Deep rich soil 
is essential. Very rich effects are at- 
tained by associating the Rheums with 
other large foliage plants, as Acanthus 
ferula, etc. 
A Lake Scene in the Woodland 
The above is a happy treatment of water in semi-wild, 
wooded grounds. In the summer the lake should be dotted 
with groups of Water Lilies near the margins, and the sum- 
mer houses and trees could be festooned with hardy vines. 
