Henderson's picturesque gardens and ornamental gardening illustrated (1908)
Henderson, Charles · New York: Henderson · leaf 63
ure privacy. Thesehedges were often clipped into geometrical shapes,—> such ascastle-like walls with bastions, etc. The artificiality of the hedgegradually led to shaping the evergreen trees and shrubs in the garden into spires, globes, pyramidsand other forms, for at that periodthere was a… … T is ■ ^& ! Wf. century topiary work be-came the prevailing fash-ion of formal Englishgardens, and it was thenconsidered a very orna-mental feature, but eventu-ally the topiary gardenerbecame so proficient thatit led him to producingsuch extravagant formsfrom the Yew tree aspeacocks, bears,…
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