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Nature, Gardens & Animals
The book of topiary
Charles H. Curtis and W. Gibson
101 pages~2 hr 1 min read16 chapters$4.99
Clip a yew long enough and it becomes a peacock, an arch, or a living wall. Charles Curtis traces topiary from its golden age through the crusade against it to its revival, then shows how to form and keep a garden of green sculpture. A practical and historical guide to the gardener's boldest art. Take shears to shrubbery and grow your own architecture.
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Inside this book
16 chapters
- 1THE BOOK OF TOPIARY
- 2CONTENTS
- 3LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- 4INTRODUCTION
- 5TOPIARY
- 6EARLY HISTORY
- 7GOLDEN AGE OF TOPIARY
- 8CRUSADE AGAINST TOPIARY
- 9ADDISON AND POPE
- 10REVIVAL OF THE ART
- 11THE FORMATION OF A TOPIARY GARDEN
- 12PLANTING AND MANURING
- 13MANAGEMENT OF OLD TREES
- 14THE MANAGEMENT AND TRAINING OF YOUNG TREES
- 15THE GENERAL MANAGEMENT OF A TOPIARY GARDEN
- 16INDEX
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