a. [f. L. topiāri-us: see below and -AN.] = TOPIARY.
1694. Motteux, Rabelais, IV. i. 3. A small Vine of large Indian Pearl, of Topiarian work.
1816. Scott, Antiq., iii. Tall clipped hedges of yew and holly, some of which still exhibited the skill of the topiarian artist, and presented curious arm-chairs, towers, and the figures of St. George and the dragon.
1880. Q. Rev., April, 334. The most famous specimen of Topiarian work in England is probably that at Levens Hall in Westmoreland.
So Topiarist = next.
1890. Guardian, 28 May, 20/1. Down to the middle of the eighteenth century shrubs were chiefly used for making arbours and ‘plashed alleys,’ and were valued according as they were or were not useful to the topiarist.
1910. Athenæum, 15 Jan., 65/3. To the ordinary tourist, however, the place is noteworthy for the art of the topiarist.
