CONTENTS 



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INTRODUCTION ....... i 



TOPIARY ........ 4 



EARLY HISTORY ....... 6 



GOLDEN AGE OF TOPIARY ... u 



CRUSADE AGAINST TOPIARY . . . . . zi 



ADDISON AND POPE ...... 24 



REVIVAL OF THE ART . . . . . .32 



THE FORMATION OF A TOPIARY GARDEN . . . -37 



PLANTING AND MANURING . . . . .44 



MANAGEMENT OF OLD TREES ..... 50 



THE MANAGEMENT AND TRAINING or YOUNG TREES . . 58 



THE GENERAL MANAGEMENT OF A TOPIARY GARDEN . , 70 



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