THE BOOK OF 

 TOPIARY 



BY 



CHARLES H. CURTIS, F.R.H.S. 



ASSISTANT EDITOR OF THE " GARDENERS' MAGAZINE " ; PREVIOUSLY 

 ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY'S 

 GARDENS, CHISWICK; AND FORMERLY AT THE ROYAL GARDENS, KEW 



AND 



W. GIBSON 



HEAD GARDENER AT LEVENS HALL, WESTMORELAND 



" The man who sneers at me for admiring, as I 

 do, a well cut peacock, may take my assurance 

 in advance that I will neither kick him nor 

 abuse him ; but pity him I must." 



SHIRLEY HWBERD. 



JOHN LANE: THE BODLEY HEAD 

 LONDON AND NEW YORK. MCMIV 



