Part 2

THE GENERAL MANAGEMENT OF A TOPIARY GARDEN 70

INDEX 79

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

VIEW IN LEVENS GARDENS: SHOWING GARDENER’S HOUSE Frontispiece

BOX TREE COTTAGE, RUSTINGTON To face page 2 (From a drawing by Mr W. Graham Robertson)

A PIG IN BOX AT COMPTON WYNYATES 〃 〃 4 (Photo. by Mr F. Goode)

A FARM-YARD FOWL AT COMPTON WYNYATES 〃 〃 6 (Photo. by Mr F. Goode)

A LEATHERN BOTTEL IN BOX AT COMPTON WYNYATES 〃 〃 6 (Photo. by Mr F. Goode)

LEVENS GARDENS: THE BROAD WALK 〃 〃 8

BOATS, PYRAMIDS, AND PEACOCKS 〃 〃 10 (By courtesy of Messrs Cheal)

THE HARLINGTON YEW 〃 〃 12 (By courtesy of “The Gardener’s Magazine”)

PEACOCKS, TABLES, SPIRALS, AND BOATS IN YEW AND BOX 〃 〃 14 (By courtesy of Messrs Cheal)

BEECH HEDGE AND BOWLING-GREEN AT LEVENS 〃 〃 16

EARLY EIGHTEENTH CENTURY VIEW OF LORD HAMILTON’S GROUNDS NEAR THE THAMES 〃 〃 18 (By courtesy of “The Agricultural Economist”)

MUNTHAM COURT, SUSSEX 〃 〃 22 (By courtesy of “The Agricultural Economist”)

YEW TREE WITH BIRD 〃 〃 24 (By courtesy of Messrs Cutbush)

CROWN GARDEN, MUNTHAM COURT, SUSSEX 〃 〃 28 (By courtesy of “The Agricultural Economist”)

QUEEN ELIZABETH’S CROWN AND JUG, ELVASTON CASTLE 〃 〃 30 (By courtesy of “The Gardener’s Magazine”)

HENS, DUCKS, AND PEACOCKS IN BOX AND YEW 〃 〃 32 (By courtesy of Messrs Cheal)

YEW TREE WITH BIRD—ANOTHER FORM 〃 〃 34 (By courtesy of Messrs Cutbush)

CLIPPED YEWS AT A COTTAGE ENTRANCE 〃 〃 36 (From Jekyll’s “Old West Survey.” By courtesy of Messrs Longmans, Green & Co.)

CROSSES AND JUGS IN YEW 〃 〃 38 (By courtesy of Messrs Cheal)

VARIOUSLY SHAPED YEW TREES 〃 〃 40 (By courtesy of Messrs Cutbush)

A PEACOCK CUT IN YEW AT COMPTON WYNYATES 〃 〃 41 (Photo. by Mr F. Goode)

OLD-FASHIONED BOX GARDEN, CHASTLETON HOUSE 〃 〃 42 (By courtesy of Miss Whitmore Jones)

COTTAGE AT DITCHEAT, SOMERSET 〃 〃 44 (Photo. by Mr Hulbert)

CROSS IN YEW IN ST BONIFACE CHURCHYARD, BONCHURCH, ISLE OF WIGHT 〃 〃 48

YEWS AT MONTACUTE, SOMERSET 〃 〃 50 (Photo, by Mr F. Goode)