The book of topiary

by Charles H. Curtis; W. Gibson

For a great many years past, in this country at least, the Topiary garden has been to a very large extent a thing that belongs to other ages; especially does this apply to the formation of new gardens; but there is not wanting evidence at the present day that it is again coming into favour, and deservedly so. The Topiary garden has its drawbacks, principally on account of the great number of years it takes to bring it to perfection and the amount of extra labour that requires to be spent over the clipping at various periods of the year. There is one thing to remember about the Topiary garden, it is all work.

Perhaps at the present time Topiary gardening is a subject of far greater interest to rich men in America than it is over here, and as gardening might practically be said to be in its infancy in that great country, there is hardly any reason why the art of Topiary work may not have a great future in store for it in America.

INDEX

• A.
• Addison, [24], [25].
• Age of clipped trees, [35].
• Alphabet in Topiary work, [63], [64].
• Amherst’s, Hon. Alicia, “History of Gardening in England,” [13], [15].
• Ascott, Topiary garden at, [36].
• B.
• Bacon, Lord, [6], [22].
• Batty Langley, [20].
• Beaumont, [17], [37].
• Box edgings, [43].
• Box trees, [47], [56].
• Bridgeman, [30], [31].
• Brown, [31].
• C.
• Canons Ashby, [13].
• Catalogue of Topiary, Pope’s, [29], [30].
• Cheal & Sons, Messrs J., [33].
• Clipping, [50], [54].
• —— best time for, [51].
• —— worst time for, [56].
• Cutbush & Son, Messrs Wm., [33].
• Cutbush, Mr Herbert J., [33].
• D.
• Danesfield, Marlow, [36].
• De Cerceau, [10].
• Details of general management, [70].
• Dutch commercial Topiary work, [34].
• Dutch verdant sculpture, [18].
• E.
• Early history of Topiary, [6].
• Elizabethan gardens, [12], [22].
• Elvaston Castle, [32].
• Evelyn, John, [13], [18].
• F.
• Fantastic Topiary designs, [30].
• Flowers and Topiary, [41], [42], [70], [75].
• Formation of a Topiary garden, [37], [60], [61].
• Friar Park, Topiary garden at, [36].
• G.
• Gerard, [14].
• Golden age of Topiary, [12].
• Gordon, Mr G., on modern Topiary, [32].
• Grass paths, [76], [77].
• Grecian formal gardens, [6], [7].
• H.
• Hampton Court, [5], [17], [21].
• Harrison, Wm., [13], [15].
• Hedges, [54], [68].
• Heslington, [15].
• Hibberd, Shirley, on Topiary, [4], [12].
• Holinshed’s Chronicles, [13], [15].
• Holly, [47], [56].
• Hunting scene in Topiary work, [16].
• K.
• Kensington Gardens, [18].
• Kent, [31].
• L.
• Labyrinths and mazes, [10].
• Lawson, [15].
• Le Notre, [16].
• Levens Hall, Westmoreland, [17], [32], [37], [73].
• Limit of Topiary, [18].
• London & Wise, [18].
• Lowe, Mr John, on Topiary, [12].
• M.
• Manuring, [45].
• Mason on Addison and Pope, [24].
• Milner, Mr H. E., on Topiary, [19].
• M‘Intosh on Topiary, [21].
• Moor Park, Dutch garden at, [17].
• Mulching, [48].
• N.
• Nicholson, Mr G., on Topiary, [4].
• O.
• Old trees, [50].
• P.
• Parkinson, [14].
• Planting, [45].
• —— time for, [46].
• Pliny’s garden, [7].
• Pope, [24].
• Prices of Topiary designs, [35].
• Privet, [14], [46].
• R.
• Revival of Topiary, [32].
• Roman Topiary work, [7].
• Rosamund’s Bower, [10].
• Rosemary, [5].
• S.
• Salvia patens, [74].
• Satire on Topiary, [25], [27], [29].
• Sayes Court, Deptford, [19].
• Shears, [69].
• Siege of Troy, [18].
• Site for Topiary garden, [38].
• Soil —— ——, [44].
• T.
• Temple, Sir Wm., [17], [28], [31].
• Topiary and flower gardening, [41], [42], [70], [75].
• Topiary designs, modern, [34], [35], [63].
• Topiary, etymology of, [4].
• —— gardens, formation of, [37].
• —— —— modern, [36].
• —— in America, [78].
• —— overdone, [19].
• Training, [59], [62], [63], [64], [65], [66], [67].
• Tying, [53].
• V.
• Verdant sculpture, [27].
• Versailles, [16].
• W.
• William and Mary, Topiary in the reign of, [17].
• Witley Court, [36].
• Wright, Mr W. P., on Topiary, [32].
• Y.
• Yew tree, [15], [47].
• —— —— golden, [47].
• Young clipped trees, [58].

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