. Mazes and labyrinths; a general account of their history and developments. idea, so we must now recognise that even in horti-culture the well-known hedge maze is not the only typeof verdant labyrinth. 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, inthe gardeners orchestra. Yet we do occasionally see itemployed as a soloist, executing its modest little ara-besques between the strepitant choruses of the chromaticparterres on the terrace of some stately country such cases we
. Mazes and labyrinths; a general account of their history and developments. idea, so we must now recognise that even in horti-culture the well-known hedge maze is not the only typeof verdant labyrinth. 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, inthe gardeners orchestra. Yet we do occasionally see itemployed as a soloist, executing its modest little ara-besques between the strepitant choruses of the chromaticparterres on the terrace of some stately country such cases we see a relic of the knots which formedan important feature in the gardens of our forefathers. These devices were composed of various herbs or lowshrubs and great ingenuity was displayed in their fashion-ing, amongst other forms being several varieties of laby-rinths. The praises of the dwarf box in this connectionwere sung by John Parkinson, herbalist to Queen Eliza-beth and King James the First. In his Paradisus hementions it thus: ... Boxe, which lastly I chiefly andioo. r3 ?J
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