Garden Topiary Plant Art

In England topiary was all but killed as a fashion by the famous satiric essay on "Verdant Sculpture" that Alexander Pope published in The Guardian, 29 September 1713, with its mock catalogue descriptions of
Adam and Eve in yew; Adam a little shattered by the fall of the tree of knowledge in the great storm; Eve and the serpent very flourishing.
The tower of Babel, not yet finished.
St George in box; his arm scarce long enough, but will be in condition to stick the dragon by next April.