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or the result will be injurious. If manure of any kind 

 be employed, nothing is better for the purpose than 

 coarse bones used in moderate quantities about one 

 barrow load of bones to twenty or twenty-five barrows 

 of loam. 



It will be necessary to exercise great skill and fore- 

 thought in arranging and planting the various trees 

 with which it is intended to adorn the garden. Every- 

 thing should be done to make the garden as unique, and 

 at the same time as bright and attractive as possible. 

 Now that such excellent varieties of golden yew are 

 obtainable, a fairly large number of these should be 

 planted. They should not, however, be allowed to 

 predominate over the common green yew ; but if a few 

 be planted, it will help to relieve the sombre appearance 

 of the ordinary English yew. 



Box is another kind of tree that lends itself admir- 

 ably to Topiary work, and one that should not be 

 forgotten during the planting period, as a few of the 

 different varieties of box will greatly add to the general 

 effect. There are also the different varieties of holly 

 and golden privet ; but, as regards the former, unless 

 it is purely for the sake of contrast, which is admired 

 in all gardens, I should recommend its omission from 

 the list of trees to be planted, as it does not lend itself 

 to clipping. Its chief fault, however, is its untidy 

 nature, which causes it to be a nuisance in a garden. 

 It is perpetually shedding its leaves throughout the 

 summer, when every garden should be looking its 

 neatest. 



No trees are more suitable for Topiary work than 

 the different varieties of yew and the boxwood, as 

 these are the most easily clipped and trained. Although 

 the yew is an exceedingly slow-growing tree, it will, 

 even with continual clipping, grow into a tree of large 

 dimensions ; and, if the whole garden has been planted 



