Her boat-shaped hat and Inverness cape gave her a little the appearance of a scanty tree with which some topiary artist had done his best.
"The Story of Louie"
Oliver Onions
The various forms of construction of mazes include complicated ranges of caverns, architectural labyrinths, or sepulchral buildings, tortuous devices indicated by coloured marbles and tiled pavements, winding paths cut in the turf, and topiary mazes formed by clipped hedges.
"Amusements in Mathematics"
Henry Ernest Dudeney
These topiary hedges were known to the Romans, with whom the topiarius was the ornamental gardener.
"Amusements in Mathematics"
Henry Ernest Dudeney