Topiary
Box and yew clipped into cones, balls, spirals, obelisks, tiers, a peacock, an arch and a castellated hedge, in pots or planted in gravel. Topiary came back into the Renaissance garden from Roman practice and was a staple of the formal garden until the eighteenth century.
The rules it illustrates
Box clipped into figures and letters. Edge the beds before the portico with box, clip box into figures of animals set facing one another, and in the garden beyond cut it into many shapes, even into the letters of the owner’s name.
The secret garden. Beside the house, enclose a small garden with walls or high hedges for the owner’s private use, with flowers, herbs, fruit trees and a fountain, apart from the public garden on the axis.
Where it appears in the book
In the styles Italian Renaissance garden, French formal garden, Arts and Crafts garden.
In the chapters Gardens and Landscape.