Topiary work

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arbors, shrubbery, hedges, or the like, cut and trimmed into fanciful forms, as of animals, buildings, etc.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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It is a parkland course, and the sculpted topiary work is a delight to behold, immaculately trimmed and maintained.

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The rear garden is superbly presented, with lawns, a fish pond, clipped topiary work, a well-stocked border and private, hedge screened boundaries.

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The tiny leaves of Baby Face and Chicago are excellent varieties for topiary work.

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In the topiary work, labyrinths, as seen in the Villa d'Este [ILLUSTRATION FOR FIGURE 1 OMITTED] and in trellis constructions, natural materials - plants, vines, and trees - were cultivated into geometric figures like spheres or pyramids, or into shapes reminiscent of sculpture like ships or human figures, or into natural shapes like animals.