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HENDERSON’S 
PICTURESQUE GARDENS 
A Decorated Veranda 
The arrangement of tropical plants about the veranda, illustrated 
below, gives an idea of what may be accomplished with plants in mak- 
ing a house a home. The plants here shown are the Palms; Latania, 
Areca, Caryota, Kentia, Phoenix, and one or two Cycads. There are 
also Banana Plants (Musa), Umbrella Plant (Cyperus), Ferns, etc. 
The vine clinging to the house on the corner is Ampelopsis Veitchii. 
When a young vine of the latter is started against a wall exposed to 
the hot sun it facilitates growth if the wall can be sprayed every day 
with water from a hose. 
An Artistic Terrace and Portico 
We illustrate above a very attractive and 
home-like treatment of terrace and portico. 
Over the coping long boxes are placed, filled 
luxuriantly with trailing plants such as Nas- 
turtiums, Ivy -Leaved Geranium, Trailing 
Vincas, etc. The tubs contain plants of Ivy 
and Ivy-Leaved Geraniums trained to a 
form. The large vases are filled with 
Geraniums, with Lysimachia trailing over 
the sides. Arborvitaes are placed in front 
of the pillars, between which Climbing 
Roses are trained. The large spreading 
tree in the background is a Cedar of 
Lebanon. 
