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Topiary talk

ARDENS have long been used to communicate a message. The Biblical King Nebuchadnezzar rustled up the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the wonders of the ancient world, to express his love for wife Amytis. She grew up in the mountains, and the complex ziggurat of terraces were made to make her

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