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| Introduction | |
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| The Lure of Topiary | |
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| The Lore of Topiary | |
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| Plant Names | |
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| Portable Topiary: Tabletop Whimsy on a Frame | |
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| The Shape of Portable Topiary | |
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| The Range of Frames | |
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| Selecting Plants | |
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| Showing Off | |
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| Decorative Accents | |
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| Supplies | |
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| Hollow Creations | |
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| Training | |
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| Stuffed Sculptures | |
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| Planting Wrapped Forms | |
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| Care and Feeding | |
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| Projects | |
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| Growing on an Empty Frame | |
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| Plant-As-You-Build Layered Sphagnum Form | |
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| Building a Wrapped Form | |
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| Planting in the Pot | |
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| Plugging in the Form | |
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| One Large Plant in the Form | |
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| Standards, Poodles & Spirals: Splendor on a Single Stem | |
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| Creating with Herbs | |
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| Old Faithfuls | |
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| Geraniums | |
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| Elegant Oddities | |
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| Roses | |
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| Hardy Specimens | |
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| All About Containers | |
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| Raising Your Standards | |
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| Maintenance | |
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| Projects | |
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| A Basic Standard | |
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| Poodle Variation | |
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| Knotted Trunk | |
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| Braided Standard | |
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| Corkscrew Spiral | |
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| Straight-Stemmed Spiral | |
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| Grafted Standard | |
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| Mock Topiary: Faux Forms for Indoor Style | |
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| Accents and Decorations | |
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| Standards | |
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| Geometric Sculptures | |
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| Birds and Beasts | |
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| Plant Materials for Lasting Accessories | |
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| Festive Seasonal Specialties | |
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| All About Containers | |
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| Tricks of the Trade | |
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| Projects | |
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| Standard or Poodle | |
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| Triple Poodle Variation | |
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| Large Standard | |
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| Saucer Standard | |
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| Hanging Basket Standard | |
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| Frameless Foam Birds and Beasts | |
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| Flower-Covered Bear | |
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| Mock Espalier | |
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| Framemaking: Elegant Armatures for Handcrafted Accents | |
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| Wire | |
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| Tools and Supplies | |
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| Constructing a Wire Skeleton | |
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| Using Chicken Wire | |
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| Preparing the Frame for Planting | |
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| Simple Frames for Pots | |
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| Zoological Frames for Pots | |
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| Freestanding Frames | |
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| Chicken Wire Forms | |
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| Standard Frame | |
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| Projects | |
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| Hoop | |
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| Heart | |
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| Fan/Peacock's Tail | |
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| Sparrow | |
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| Goose | |
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| Rooster | |
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| Peacock | |
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| Seal | |
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| Basket | |
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| Pyramid | |
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| Rabbit | |
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| Lamb | |
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| Cat | |
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| Turtle | |
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| Terrier Dog | |
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| Pig | |
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| Dinosaur | |
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| Sailboat | |
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| A Quartet of Cones | |
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| Teddy Bear | |
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| Basket on a Stem | |
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| Ivy Training: A Vine Art | |
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| All About Ivy | |
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| Outdoor Ivy Sculpture | |
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| Ivy as Architectural Accent | |
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| Decorations on the Ground | |
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| Decorating Walls | |
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| Ivy Standards | |
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| Portable Figures | |
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| Trimming | |
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| Recommended Ivies | |
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| The Hardiest Plants | |
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| Fancy Shapes | |
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| Splashes of Color | |
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| Big, Bold Leaves | |
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| An Ivy Garden | |
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| Caring For Ivy | |
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| Projects | |
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| Making a Grafted Standard | |
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| A Graceful Spiral | |
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| Espalier: Murals of Tracery, Flowers & Fruit | |
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| Planning an Espalier | |
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| Selecting Plants | |
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| Basic Training | |
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| Supports | |
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| How to Make Classic Shapes | |
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| Mural Maintenance | |
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| Pruning for Flowers, Fruit and Berries | |
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| Indoor Espalier | |
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| Projects | |
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| Vertical Cordons | |
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| Diagonal Cordon Variation | |
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| Serpentine Cordon Variation | |
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| Horizontal Cordon | |
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| Palmette Verrier | |
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| Single U-Shape | |
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| Palmette Oblique | |
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| Belgian Fence | |
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| Braided Trees | |
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| Fan | |
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| Knot Gardens: Twined Between the Old and New | |
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| Knot Gardens | |
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| Flat Topiary | |
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| Victorian Revival | |
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| Creating a Knot | |
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| Boxwood | |
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| Herbs | |
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| Dwarf Shrubs | |
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| Annual Herbs and Bedding Plants | |
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| Laying Out the Pattern | |
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| Planting | |
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| Projects | |
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| Basic Outline | |
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| Elizabethan Knot | |
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| Sundial | |
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| Flat Topiary | |
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| Verdant Sculpture: Ornamental Shaping of Trees and Shrubs | |
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| The Traditional Repertoire | |
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| The American Style | |
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| Displaying Green Sculpture | |
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| Selecting Plant Material | |
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| Trading the Chisel for the Shears | |
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| Creating a Sculpture | |
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| Caring for Sculpted Trees and Shrubs | |
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| Projects | |
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| A Seated Teddy Bear | |
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| Alphabet | |
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| Peacock | |
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| Cakestand | |
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| Hedgecraft: Building Halls and Walls of Green | |
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| Hedges | |
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| Topiary Maze | |
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| Arches, Tunnels and Houses | |
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| Plants | |
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| Techniques | |
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| Dressing Up Hedges | |
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| Green Archways | |
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| Architectural Forms | |
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| Preservation and Renovation | |
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| Projects | |
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| Windows | |
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| Garlands | |
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| Initials | |
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| Columns | |
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| Crowns | |
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| Finials | |
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| Birds | |
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| Single Arch | |
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| Single Arch with Double Spire Variation | |
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| Single Arch with Bird or Beast Variation | |
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| Pavilion or Glorieta Variation | |
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| Mazes | |
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| Stilt Hedge Palissades | |
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| Sources and Resources | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Hardiness Zone Map | |
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| Twelve Top Plants for Topiary | |
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| Source Guide | |
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| Gardens to Visit | |
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| Picture Credits | |