Ambitious gardeners may want to try their hand at topiary鈥攖he ancient
art of cutting trees and shrubs into different shapes. Topiary goes back to the
days of the Roman Empire. Pliny the Younger described his villa in Tuscany as
being surrounded by a box hedge 鈥渁dorned with the representation of divers
animals鈥�. You can find out more about topiary and its history at
http://topiaryart.com.
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