THE DICTIONARY 
OF GARDENING, 
Topiary Work—continued. 
The vast amount of not unskilled labour requisite to 
maintain in order any elaborate Topiarian designs will, 
no doubt—apart from any question of taste—prevent a 
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recurrence of such practices to any appreciable extent. 
Evergreens were almost exclusively used, and of these, 
the Box, Yew, and Holly were those which lent them- 
selves most readily to the Topiarist’s skill. 
Topiary Work—continued. 
and other more or less simple figures, the ordinary 
principle which now rules the clipping of a Yew hedge 
was sufficient. The branches were checked where too 
ASTLE. 
pi 
Jf 
N AT ELVASTON ( 
ARDE 
w ¢ 
(From Veitch’s ‘‘ Manual of the Conifere.’’) 
Fig. 61. TOPIARY WORK—THE YE 
so and allowed to develop when not so vigorous, 
= n the requisite size and shape were obtained, after 
which repeated clippings were necessary, beginning as 
soon as the young growths appeared in spring. For 
