76 THE BOOK OF TOPIARY 
and as much as possible sought. Always remember 
that in the practice of clipping and training yews into 
all kinds of shapes, Nature is to a very great extent 
discarded, therefore there is all the more reason why it 
should be as much as possible encouraged among the 
plants in the flower garden; all stiffness should be 
avoided and as little tying as possible done; though of 
course a certain amount of tying will be necessary to 
keep the wind and storm from breaking the plants, unless, 
indeed, the garden is a sheltered one. 
There is another point that should be aimed at in the 
old formal garden, and that is, to always keep the 
garden well supplied with old-fashioned flowers. I 
certainly do not mean it to be understood that none of 
the new and beautiful varieties of the different species 
of garden plants that are being introduced every year 
should not be given a place in the garden, but what I 
want to be understood is this, that there should not be 
a wholesale clearing out of the old favourites to make 
room for the new ones. 
As I pointed out before, the general routine of work 
in the Topiary garden is, with the exception of the 
clipping and training part of the work, practically the 
same as in any other garden. If there is a kitchen 
garden, a necessity that almost every garden, whether 
Topiary or otherwise, is almost certain to have attached 
to it, the work of looking after and attending to the 
various kinds of vegetables will have to be seen to, 
and a trim and tidy appearance kept in it, more especially 
if it is combined with the Topiary garden. 
If the garden has been laid out on the principle 
recommended in the chapter dealing with the Formation 
of a Topiary Garden, and the paths in the flower garden 
and grounds are composed principally of grass, a fair 
amount of care and attention will have to be given to 
them to keep them in proper order. Grass paths are, 
