5/19/2023 0 Comments Kiss of a Duke by Erica Ridley![]() These devices were composed of various herbs or low shrubs and great ingenuity was displayed in their fashioning, amongst other forms being several varieties of labyrinths. In such cases we see a relic of the "knots" which formed an important feature in the gardens of our forefathers. Yet we do occasionally see it employed as a soloist, executing its modest little arabesques between the strepitant choruses of the chromatic parterres on the terrace of some stately country home. The dwarf box, although a favourite material for de-limiting flower beds and edging paths, is merely a sub-ordinate or "accompanying" instrument, so to speak, in the gardener's orchestra. ![]() But just as we have seen that the horticultural maze is far from being the sole form of expression of the idea, so we must now recognise that even in horticulture the well-known hedge maze is not the only type of verdant labyrinth. THE mention of the word "maze" most frequently calls to mind a block of tall shrubs penetrated by a puzzling branching path, which terminates in an arbour or goal of some sort. ![]() ![]() 100 CHAPTER XIII THE FLORAL LABYRINTH AND THE DWARF-SHRUB MAZE Sacred Texts Miscellaneous Index Previous Next The Floral Labyrinth and the Dwarf-Shrub Maze ![]()
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