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HANDBOOKS OF PRACTICAL GARDENING—XVIII EDITED BY HARRY ROBERTS
ASSISTANT EDITOR OF THE “GARDENERS’ MAGAZINE”; PREVIOUSLY ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY’S GARDENS, CHISWICK; AND FORMERLY AT THE ROYAL GARDENS, KEW
HEAD GARDENER AT LEVENS HALL, WESTMORELAND
“The man who sneers at me for admiring, as I do, a well cut peacock, may take my assurance in advance that I will neither kick him nor abuse him; but pity him I must.”
JOHN LANE: THE BODLEY HEAD LONDON AND NEW YORK. MCMIV
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THE MANAGEMENT AND TRAINING OF YOUNG TREES 58
THE GENERAL MANAGEMENT OF A TOPIARY GARDEN 70
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_)
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._)