OLD-FASHIONED TOPIARY EFFECTS 
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The Maze or Labyrinth 
We present herewith a maze on the grounds 
of a large hotel in California. The object of 
these "puzzle paths” is to render it difficult for 
the uninitiated to reach the bower in the center 
and then find their way out again ; for this 
reason the hedge forming the maze should 
be high enough to prevent being seen over. 
Almost any plan can be devised, intricate or 
otherwise. The plan given below is that of 
an English maze, comparatively simple. Any 
hedge plant that will trim to uniformity and 
is adaptable to the climate may be used. 
The Californian maze is formed of Monterey 
Cypress, which, although it grows naturally 
into large trees, is very amenable to pruning, 
topiary work, etc. 
ing to the villas on the hills. These slopes require to be 
terraced and often walled to create strips of level ground for 
ease in cultivating, walking, etc. Series of rectilinear terraces 
are thus necessarily formed, creating long, narrow perspectives 
and geometrical lines calling for formal treatment, which is 
appropriately supplied by clipping the Yew, Box, Holly and 
other evergreens into columnar, pyramidal, globular and fan- 
tastic topiary forms. Tubs of trimmed Bay trees, fountains, 
urns, statuary, figures, flights of steps, vase-adorned balustrades, 
pergolas, etc., complete the decorative elements of these 
stately Italian enclosures. The "natural” or "picturesque” 
effects under the above conditions would not harmonize 
nearly so well. 
The "Italian” gardens on the estate of Mr. H. H. Hun- 
newell, at Wellesley, Mass., are portrayed on page 6o. The 
finished execution and the element of fitness for the situation 
render these gardens equal in many respects to the best 
European examples of Italian gardens, though these lack the 
contrasting decorative features of marble statuary, etc. 
