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Re: gardenwriters Digest, Vol 72, Issue 4

Now you're giving me a headache.
Nancy Szerlag
On Jan 6, 2009, at 4:05 PM, Larry Maxcy wrote:

> On Jan 6, 2009, at 10:20 AM, gardenwriters-request@lists.ibiblio.org
> wrote:
>
>> O.K. if arborsculpture really is tree abuse, is Bonsai, Espalier
>> and Topiary
>> also tree abuse ?
>> If not why not ?
>
> Sure they are tree abuse. Bonsai is similar to foot binding and
> binding of baby's skulls.
> Espalier is trying to bend trees to human will.
> And topiary is just silly human indulgence.
>
> But I do have something positive to say.
> A better word for what you are doing would be arbosculpture,
> rather than arborsculpture.
>
> LarryM axcy
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