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shapes, lend themselves equally well to fill the 

 borders. The fancy may let itself go in suggesting 

 roughly the outlines of crouching bears, Indian gods, 

 mushrooms, pots, cup and ball, and a hundred 

 varieties of a similar nature. It is a kind of green 

 jewellery spread upon the ground, and readily fills the 

 space allotted to it. All topiary work requires much 

 care and labour ; but wherever it appears, whether 

 in a single tree or in an elaborate series of gardens, 

 it rewards the gardener with a peculiar sense of 

 satisfaction ; it is a witness to the thought and 

 time expended upon it, it weds the garden to the 

 human fancy, and is one of the fullest and most 

 delightful embodiments of the idea of garden 

 architecture. 



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Those of our readers who are ready to appreciate 

 the importance and charm of architectural forms in 

 the garden, and who feel any sympathy with the 

 principles which we have tried to set forth, will not 

 be surprised at our advocacy of a more general use 

 of treillage than is to be seen at the present day. 

 The French treillageurs who, under Le Notre and 



