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Theb Oxwood Bulletin TheB oxwoodBulletin A quarterly devoted to Man's oldest garden ornamental An allee of eight 35-year-old Buxus sempervirens 'Pyramidalis' frames the entrance to the Boxwood Collection at the U. S. National Arboretum. They standfifteenfeet high and are six feet wide at the base. (Story on page 68) IN THIS ISSUE 28th Annual Meeting of the American Boxwood Society ............................. Page 67 Boxwood Tour of the U. S. National Arboretum ................................................... 68 Boxwood Propagation Experiences Shared ............................................................ 71 Garcinia buxifolia Chiov. is Buxus hildebrandtii Baill . ......... ................................ 73 New Cultivars Added to Registration Lisl... ........................................... ................ 73 "Historic Garden Week" Tours in Virginia ApriI23-31 ............. ............... ............. 74 Historical Notes on the Firm of Lewis & Valentine ................... .. ............. .. ... .. .. .... 76 Maryland House and Garden Pilgrimage April 23-May 7 ...................................... 77 Knot Garden Boxwood Report.................... ........................................................... 79 Boxwood: Import That Thrives in the U. S . ........................................................... 79 Updated Chart of Memorial Garden ....................................................................... 80 The Seasonal Gardener .................................................................. Inside Back Cover April 1988 Volume 27, Number 4 American Boxwood Society E • "i• The AmericanBoxwood Society is a not-for-profitorganiza­ Available Publications: tion founded in 1961 and devoted to the appreciation, scien­ tific understanding and propagation of the genus Buxus L. Back issues of The Boxwood Bulletin $ 4 There are more than 700 members iIi the United States and Boxwood Buyer's Guide (2nd Edition) $ 6 nine foreign countries. International Registration List ofCultivated Buxus L. $ 3 Index to The Boxwood Bulletin 1961-1986 $10 Officers: Contributions: PRESIDENT: Gifts to the Society are tax-deductible and may be undesig­ Mrs. Robert L. Frackelton Fredericksburg, Va. nated or applied to: VICE-PRESIDENTS: Boxwood Memorial Garden Fund Mr. Lynn R. Batdorf Silver Spring, Md. Boxwood Handbook Fund Mrs. Malcolm L. Holekamp Webster Groves, Mo. Boxwood Research Fund SECRETARY: Boxwood Monograph Fund Mrs. Joan C. Butler Bluemont, Va. Correspondence: EXECUTIVE TREASURER: Mrs. Katherine D. Ward Deerfield, Va. For address changes, memberships, dues, contributions, or to order back issues or publications, write: REGISTRAR: Mr. Lynn R. Batdorf Silver Spring, Md. Treasurer, American Boxwood Society P.O. Box 85, Boyce, Va. 22620 DIRECTORS: Prof. Albert S. Beecher (1988) Blacksburg, Va. For general information about the Society, advice concerning Prof. James A. Faiszt (1990) Blacksburg, Va. boxwood problems or cultivar selection, write to the Ameri­ Dr. Walter S. Flory (1989) Winston-Salem, N. C. can Boxwood Society at the same address. You are also Mr. William A. Gray (1990) Charlottesville, Va. welcome to write directly to the President: Cdr. Phillip D. Larson (1988) Knoxville, Md. Mrs. Robert L. FrackeIton Mr. Richard D. Mahone (1989) Williamsburg, Va. 1714 Greenway Drive Mrs. James M. Sykes (1988) Raleigh, N. C. Fredericksbug, Va. 22401 Mr. Dale T. Taylor (1990) Wenonah, N.J. EX-OFFICIO: Call for Papers: Dr. Edward F. Connor Boyce, Va. Technical articles, news, history, lore, notes, and photographs BULLETIN EDITOR: ,?oncerning boxwood specimens, gardens or plantings are so­ John S. McCarthy Webster Groves, Mo. licited for possible publication in The Boxwood Bulletin. Pho­ tographs should be suitable for reproduction and fully cap­ Memberships: tioned. Suggestions regarding format and content are also welcome. Material should be submitted to: Memberships for the year May through April include $12 Chairman, Bulletin Committee for four quarterly issues of The Boxwood Bulletin:: 1714 Greenway Drive Individual $15 Contributing $30 Life $250 Fredericksburg, Va. 22401 Family $20 Sustaining $50 Patron $500 Material to be returned to the sender must be submitted with a self-addressed envelope carrying suitable postage. Every Non-member SUbscriptions for groups and institutions such as effort will be made to protect submittals, but the Society botanic gardens and libraries are $15 by the calendar year. cannot be responsible for loss or injury. The Boxwood Bulletin (ISSN (0068535) is published quarterly for $12.00 per year by the American Boxwood Society, Blandy Experimental Farm, Boyce, Va. 22620. Second class postage paid at Boyce, Va. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Boxwood Bulletin, P.O. Box 85, Boyce, Va. 22620. The Bulletin is printed by M-J Printers, Fredericksburg, Va. Society to Hold 28th Annual Meeting at Boyce, Va. Tuesday and Wednesday, May 17-18 You may reserve lunch in advance ($4.50) or bring your own. Those wishing to reserve lunch, please send 28th Annual Meeting of the American Boxwood Society your check payable to the American Blandy Experimental Farm of the University of Virginia, Boyce, Virginia Boxwood Society, in the amount of $7.50 (lunch and registration) to Mrs. May 17, 1988 (Tuesday) Robert L. Frackelton, 1714 Greenway 8:00P.M. Illustrated lecture - Richard D. Mahone, Blandy Drive, Fredericksburg, Va. 22401. Farm Library, followed by a champagne reception Please use a copy or facsimile of the May 18, 1988 (Wednesday) Advance Registration Form provided on Page 82. A11lunch reservations 9:00A.M. Registration. If you pre-register, please pick up MUST be received by Tuesday, May your name tag at the Registration Table 10,1988. 9:30A.M. Guided tour of the Memorial Garden 10:00 A.M. Coffee, Dining Room Directions to Blandy Farm 11:00 A.M. Annual Business Meeting, Library 12:00 Noon Lunch (by reservation or bring-your-own) Blandy Farm is on Route 50 near 1:00 P.M. Educational Program: Boyce, Va. Driving west on Route 50, "Diseases of Boxwood" - Dr. Wirt H. Wills the entrance is on your left about four Display of Lewis & Valentine memorabilia, miles beyond the Shenandoah River courtesy of Hewlett Lewis bridge. Driving east on Route 50 from "Botanic Gardens and a Nursery in Great Britain" - Winchester and 1-81, the entrance is on Lynn R. Batdorf your right about 1.5 miles beyond the 2:15P.M. Third annual auction of named Buxus cultivars­ junction with Route 340. The entrance John W. Boyd and Dale T. Taylor is marked from both directions by a highway sign: "Virginia State Arbore­ tum." Program Notes 'Compacta', 'Henry Hohman', 'John Baldwin', var.japonica; Buxus DUES REMINDER Mr. Mahone was in Australia and sempervirens 'Agram', 'Angustifolia', We wish to remind individ­ New Zealand from December 1986 'Aurea Maculata' (='Aureo-variegata'), ual, family, contributing, and through January 1987. His interest in 'Belleville', 'Butterworth', 'Edgar sustaining members that dues for plants is recorded on film. Anderson', 'Fortunei Rotundifolia', the membership year May 1988 Mr. Batdorf was in England in 'Graham Blandy', 'Handsworthiensis', through April,1989 are now October and November 1986, where he 'Henry Shaw', 'Inglis', 'Joe Gable', payable. Prompt payment saves studied herbarium specimens and living 'Joy', 'Latifolia', 'Myrtifolia', 'North­ the Society time and expense. collections at Kew and Edinburgh. land', 'Pullman', 'Pyramidalis Hard­ Please use the enclosed envelope. Dr. Wills, of the Department of wickensis', 'Salicifolia', 'Ste. Note also that a renewal Plant Pathology and Physiology, Genevieve', 'Suffruticosa', 'Vardar VPI&SU, Blacksburg, Va., has long Valley', 'Varifolia', 'Woodland', and envelope must be included in this been a specialist on the diseases of Buxus X 'Green Mountain'. issue, even for Life Members, boxwood. Patrons and pre-paid members. Those who have attended previous Registration and Lunch In addition to renewal, it may be ABS boxwood auctions are aware of used to make a tax-deductible contribution to one of the the expertise of Mr. Boyd and Mr. A $3.00 registration fee will be Society'S special funds or to order Taylor as auctioneer and tabulator. charged to help defray the cost of Some of the plants which have been refreshments and other expenses of the a gift membership for a friend. donated are: Buxus microphylla meeting. April 1988 67 Boxwood Tour at the U. S. National Arboretum Lynn R. Batdorf [NOTE: On Wednesday, April 22, native to western Europe, the Mediter­ in relation to the total plant, but they do 1987, Lynn R. Batdorf, Curator of the ranean basin, central and east Asia, spread a great deal. In digging the root U. S. National Arboretum Boxwood, North Africa, the Philippine Islands, ball, width is therefore more critical Perennial, and Aquatic collections, Central America and the West Indies. than depth. The root ball ought to be at conducted a tour of the Boxwood Transplanting least as wide as the drip line. The depth Collection at the Arboretum, and dis­ One secret to the successful of the ball should usually be about one­ cussed cultural practices, pruning, planting or transplanting of boxwood is fourth the height of the plant. diseases, and insect problems of timing. October and November are the Winter protection is usually box wood. About 30 individuals, with a best months to move boxwoods, necessary the first and second years wide variety of interests, attended. The because the plant is nearly dormant and after planting. Soil moisture should be following is an excerpt
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