TOPIARY 



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out, it was a terrace for sunshine ; now, with the protection 

 of the great yew-boughs, it is a shadow garden. 



Thus the lover of natural trees rejoices in them, but 

 those who long for sunshine and light near the small 

 windows of a house regret the negligence of the topiarist. 



It is in June that the shears are busiest ; but to keep 

 box really well trimmed it should be continually clipped. 



Nothing looks neater for a box-hedge than to have large 

 turrets clipped square and about two feet broad at the top. 

 These stand up at intervals and break the straight line. 



A charming garden is one with four- feet-high box- 

 hedges. Upon one side of the archway is dark green 

 box, and the other side has the variegated kind. Thus 

 a differently coloured background is obtained for flowers. 



