April 1987 The Boxwood Bulletin A QUARTERLY DEVOTED TO MAN'S OLDEST GARDEN ORNAMENTAL

Photo: Courtesy Mr. Raymond Lea A "boxed-in" window in Gloucestershire, England. (See Page 73, bottom.)

Boyce, Va. Vol. 26, No.4 Edited under the Direction of The Boxwood THE AMERICAN BOXWOOD SOCIETY Bulletin President ...... Mrs. Robert L. Frackelton April 1987 Vol. 26, No.4 1st Vice President ...... Mr. Lynn R. Batdorf 2nd Vice President ... Mrs. Malcolm Holekamp Editor - Scot Butler Secretary ...... Mrs. Phillip D. Larson Co-Editor - Joan Butler Executive Treasurer. Mrs. Katherine D. Ward INDEX Change in Dues ...... 73 Editor Urgently Needed .... ; ...... , ... '" ...... 73 DIRECTORS Note on Front Cover ...... 73 Dr. George Rogers to Address Annual Term Term Meeting ...... 74 Tips for Those Attending Annual Meeting Began Ends and Tour ...... 75 International Registration List of Cultivated Prof. Albert S. Beecher .. 1985 1988 Buxus L ...... 76 Prof. James A. Faiszt ... . 1984 1987 The Waddesdon Bequest I: Medieval Dr. Walter S. Flory ...... 1986 1989 Masterpieces ...... " ...... 82 Mr. William A. Gray .... . 1984 1987 Boxwood: An Important Element of Maryland Gardens ...... 87 Cdr. Phillip D. Larson ... . 1985 1988 Boxwood Flourishes in Virginia Gardens ...... 91 Mr. Richard D. Mahone .. 1986 1989 Mordecai Garden Symposium ...... 94 Mr. William N. Mays .... . 1984 1987 Open for Historic Garden Week in Virginia ...... 95 Mrs. James M. Sykes ... . 1985 1988 How to Describe a Specific Boxwood ...... 96 Boxwood Society of the Midwest Offers Cuttings ..... 98 Registrar: Mr. Lynn R. Batdorf List of New ABS Members ...... 98 1409 Elm Grove Circle ILLUSTRATIONS Silver Spring, MD 20904 "Boxed-in" window in Gloucestershire, England ...... _...... Cover Dr. George Rogers ...... '.' 74 St. Louis (map) ...... 75 'Paternoster' rosary bead of boxwood ...... 83 Boxwood tabernacle ...... 84 The Editor solicits and will welcome contributions of articles; news; Boxwood altarpiece ...... 85 notes; photographs, suitable for reproduction, of boxwood specimens, gardens, and plantings; and other items of probable interest to Maryland House and Garden Pilgrimage: readers. It is requested that every item of such material carry the Boxwood-lined bowling green at Wye House, name and return address of the sender and be accompanied by an ad­ Talbot County ...... : ...... 86 dressed envelope carrying the proper postage for return. While every Boxwood maze at Hope House, Talbot County ..... 87 effort will be made for the protection of all materials submitted for publication, the Editor cannot assume responsibility for loss or injury. North Bend, Talbot County ...... 88 Boxwood planting at Godlington Manor, Kent County ...... 89 Historic Garden Week in Virginia: Boxwood garden at Little Oatlands, The Boxwood Bulletin (ISSN 0006 8535) is published Loudoun County ...... 90 quarterly for $8.00 per year by The American Box­ View from terraced gardens at Morven, wood Society, Blandy Experimental Farm, Boyce, Albemarle County ...... - ...... 91 VA 22620. Nevin's home, Danville ...... 92 Beaumont, Lexington ...... 92 Second Class postage paid at Boyce, VA. Claiborne home, Richmond ...... 93 POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Shackelford home, Roanoke ...... 94 Boxwood Bulletin, P.O. Box 85, Boyce, VA 22620. Leeton Forest, Warrenton ...... 94 Boxwood sprig (drawing) ...... 96 Thomas Printing and Publishing, Ltd. Boxwood leaf forms (drawing) ...... 97 Boyce, VA 22620 Shapes of boxwood leaf tips (drawing) ...... 97 Change in Dues

At their meeting on March 20, 1986 the Board of Directors voted to increase dues-effec­ tive 1 May 1987-by $5.00 for individual, family, contributing and institutional memberships. (Sustaining memberships remain at $50.00.) Rising costs of publishing The Boxwood Bulletin necessitated this dues increase to keep the Society in the black. The dues remittance envelope enclosed with this issue of The Bulletin reflects the increase. Please observe the new rates when remitting your dues for the membership year extending from May 1, 1987 to April 30, 1988. Dues should reach the Treasurer by May. 1, 1987. Even if you owe no dues by virtue of being a life or patron member (see classes of member­ ship on inside back cover) you may wish to use the remittance envelope to send a tax­ deductible contribution to one of the Society's funds, including the Boxwood Monograph Fund recently created to defray the cost of publishing the comprehensive work now in preparation by our Registrar, Mr. Lynn Batdorf. All members are asked to give generously to these important Society programs. Finally members are. urged to use the dues remittance envelopes to indicate their chief interest in boxwood, their willingness to contribute informal notes on boxwood and to provide names of friends interested in boxwood. It is only through membership participation in these endeavors that the ABS can grow and carry out its stated goals.

Editor Urgently Needed This issue of The Boxwood Bulletin-our Frackelton, to assist our replacement in put­ eighteenth as editor-is also our last. We wish ting out the first two issues in 1987: Under try­ to take this opportunity to express our ap­ ing conditions we have fully edited these two preciation of the support we have received from issues ourselves because there was no replace­ many persons in many quarters during the last ment. Although the ABS Board will continue four and a half years. The names of our abettors publication of The Bulletin there is an urgent are too numerous to acknowledge here in need of an editor. Preferably the editor should writing, but without their help in many forms live within driving distance of Boyce, Virginia we would have been unable to fulfill our where our printer is located. But if this arrange­ editorial responsibility. ment is not possible it may be necessary to The experience of editor has been an move the editorial-printing operation to another enriching one, especially in terms of our con­ area. tacts with many interesting persons, learning We end this last editorial-one of the few we about the genus Buxus from the inside, and feel­ have written-with an appeal to members who ing that we were contributing in a tangible way are motivated to serve as editor of The Bulletin to the growth and influence of the ABS. It is to contact our President, Mrs. Robert L. with regret that we now find ourselves unable Frackelton, 1714 Greenway Drive, to continue in this role because of increased pro­ Fredericksburg, Virginia 22401, as soon as fessional demands on our time. possible so that work may start on the July Although we asked the ABS Board more than issue in time to ensure publication on schedule. one year ago to be replaced in the fall of 1986, we consented, at the request of President The Editor

Front cover photo. A box bush which has had its center cut away surrounds a window set in a house wall at Lower Slaughter, Gloucestershire, England. We thank Elizabeth Braimbridge for spotting this interesting picture in Country Life, August 21, 1986 and obtaining permis­ sion from Mr. Raymond Lea to reproduce his photograph.

73 DR. GEORGE ROGERS TO ADDRESS THE 1987 ABS ANNUAL MEETING

Mary A. Gamble

Guest speaker at the 27th Annual Meeting of the American Boxwood Society to be held at the Missouri Botanical Garden (MBG) in St. Louis on May 9 will be Dr. George Rogers. Dr. Rogers is Horticultural Taxonomist at the MBG and Editor of The Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, one of the Garden's two scientific publications. He is also a contributor to the bimonthly Bulletin of the Missouri Botanical Garden, which maintains an impeccable stan­ dard of scientific and botanical accuracy but is written in layman's language. Three of his re­ cent Bulletin articles were "Surveying the Trees" (at the MBG), "Water Lilies" and "Camellias." The title of Dr. Rogers' talk at the ABS meeting is: "What's in a Name?-Inter­ preting Boxwood Classification for N on­ Botanists.' , Dr. Rogers oversees an interesting program Dr. George Rogers at MBG's Shaw Arboretum at Gray Summit, Dr. Rogers' scholastic honors include Missouri, some 30 miles southwest of the membership in Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Eta Garden in St. Louis. This program is aimed at Sigma. He is a member of the American Society bringing endangered plant species into cultiva­ of Plant Taxonomists, the International tion. He also focuses attention on Missouri oaks, Association of Wood Anatomists, the Missouri hickories and viburnum, all of which abound in Native Plant Society and the Water Lily Socie­ the Arboretum. ty. He is an "Edgar Anderson member" of the Dr. Rogers received his Ph.D. degree in Boxwood Society of the Midwest. He has botany from the University of Michigan where published numerous scientific papers and has he was a research and teaching assistant from taught adult education classes on "Winter 1974 to 1981. He then served as a research Botany" and "How Do Flowers Work?" In associate and postdoctoral fellow at the Arnold 1987 he plans to introduce a course on "Plant Arboretum of Harvard University from 1981 to Identification for Non-Botanists." 1985. While at Arnold his chief responsibility George Rogers says he always knew he was to contribute papers to the series, Generic wanted to be a botanist. As a boy, one of his Flora of the Southeastern United States. He greatest pleasures was to walk along the elaborates: "Beyond serving as a floristic railroad tracks that ran behind his family's reference, each paper in the Generic Flora home in Wheeling, West Virginia. As he looked series summarizes the state of knowledge for a at the beautiful flowering plants he began to plant family in the Southeast. With emphasis at wonder which were native and which had been the generic level, coverage includes taxonomy, brought into the area. This growing interest led nomenclature, distribution, anatomy, ecology, him to botany. His first interest was wild chemistry, cytology, embryology, and economic flowers, but when he came to the MBG in 1985 significance based on data from original obser­ he decided to concentrate on the cultivated vations and from literature; descriptions, keys, plants, including most of the boxwoods which illustrations, and annotated bibliographies are interest the American Boxwood Society and the included.' , Boxwood Society of the Midwest. 74 George Rogers likes to walk, and he gives hik­ take him to Shaw Arboretum he finds miles to ing as his hobby. He observed that there is not hike on its 250 acres, either along comfortable much time for hiking now, other than what oc­ trails or across rough country. curs in the course of a normal working day. His George and his wife Donna have a year-old office is in the Horticulture Department of the son, Martin, who has just discovered books and MBG. There he works with staff and volunteers how much fun it is to try to pull pages from who keep the plant records, and with those who them. The Rogers and their two dogs-Hazel, a see to it that the correct botanical labels are at­ golden retriever, and Oreo, a mutt-like St. tached to the plants in the Garden. He Louis and love the Garden. George Rogers is hikes-rain or shine-from his office to the looking forward to meeting members of the Lehmann Library and Herbarium at the op­ ABS. When told that Dr . Walter Flory would be posite end of the Garden's 79 acres. When among those attending he said: "I have wanted phoned at the office, often the caller is told to meet Dr. Flory for years; I'll have to be on "he's in the field today." And when his duties my toes!"

Tips for Those Attending the Annual Meeting and Tour in St. Louis

We hope that the map of St. Louis printed on If this information is insufficient for your this page will be of some help to attendees at needs, contact the St. Louis Convention and the 27th Annual Meeting and 7th Tour, May Visitors Commission, 10 S. Broadway, St. 8-10. The circle inset with a 1 marks the loca­ Louis, MO 63102 or call them from outside tion of the Cheshire Inn and Lodge where a Missouri at 800-325-7962. We hope you will block of rooms has been set aside for ABS have no difficulty in reaching your destination. members. The address is 6306 Clayton Road and the phone number is (314) 647-7300. The circle inset with a 2 is the Missouri Botanical (Shaw's) Garden where the annual meeting will be held. The address is 2101 Tower Grove and the phone number is (314) 577-5100. For those flying to St. Louis the circle inset with a 3 marks the Lambert-St. Louis Interna­ tional Airport. It is located on Interstate 70 and one may reach downtown St. Louis by taxi in about 20 minutes at a cost of approximately $18. Alternatively, Airport Limo provides transportation into the city at a rate of $5.90 per person. Autos may be rented at the Airport from any of a large number of companies. Public. transportation is provided by the Bi­ State Transit System. Trains and buses connect St. Louis to most major U.S. cities. The Amtrak terminal is located at 550 South 16th Street and the bus terminal is at 801 North Broadway. If you will be driving to St. Louis from the east the circle inset with a 4 marks the point at which Interstates 55 and 70 intersect with In­ terstate 64, and they cross the Mississippi River together before again branching out in different directions. The beltway around St. Louis is Interstate 270.

75 International Registration List of Cultivated Buxus L. Lynn R. Batdorf Horticulturist, U.S. National Arboretum International Registration Authority for Cultivated Buxus L.

Several considerations led to the preparation of this list. Primarily, with numerous additions to the original registration list published in 1965, a consolidation seemed desirable. Additionally, there was a need to publish a list of approved common names used for boxwoods. Finally, to prevent con­ tinued use of invalid cultivar names, those improperly or mistakenly cited in literature, it seemed appropriate to remove these names from the current registration list and place them in a separate list together with their proper synonyms. Accordingly the reader will find not one list but three lists below. The first list contains the approved botanical and common names of plants in American commerce and use; it is drawn from a directory of Standardized Plant Names published by the American Joint Committee on Horticultural N omenclature.The second list is a current registration list of valid Buxus L. cultivars registered by the previous and present international registration authorities for cultivated Buxus L. The third list contain~ invalid names-together with their valid synonyms-of cultivars previously included in the Registration List of Cultivated Buxus L. In all three lists, valid names are given in boldface type and invalid names in lightface type. In the current registration list (the second list below) the cultivar name is followed by the first valid citation found in literature. 1. Standardized Plant Names Botanical N arne CammonNarne

BUXUB balearica Spanish Boxwood BUXUB harlandii Harlands Boxwood BUXUB microphylla Littleleaf Boxwood BUXUB microphylla var. japonica Japanese Littleleaf Boxwood BUXUB microphylla var. sinica Chinese Littleleaf Boxwood BUXUB sempervirens Common Boxwood BUXUB sempervirens 'Angustifolia' Willow Boxwood BUXUB sempervirens 'Arborescens' Tmetree Boxwood BUXUB sempervirens 'Argenteo-variegata' Silver Boxwood BUXUB sempervirens 'Aurea Pendula' Golden Weeping Boxwood BUXUB sempervirens 'Aureo-variegata' Golden Boxwood BUXUB sempervirens 'Elegans' Variegated. Olive Boxwood BUXUB sempervirens 'Handsworlhii' Handsworlh Boxwood BUXUB sempervirens 'Marginata' Goldedge Boxwood BUXUB sempervirens 'Myosotidifolia' Forgetmenotleaf Boxwood BUXUB sempervirens 'Myrlifolia' Myrlleleaf Boxwood BUXUB sempervirens 'Pendula' Weeping Boxwood BUXUB sempervirens 'Pro strata' Prostrate Boxwood BUXUB sempervirens 'Pyramidalis' Pyramid Boxwood BUXUB sempervirens 'Rosmarinifolia' Rosemary Boxwood BUXUB sempervirens 'Rotundifolia' Roundleaf Boxwood BUXUB sempervirens 'Suffruticosa' Tmedwarf Boxwood BUXUB wallichiana Wallichian Boxwood

76 II. Registration List of Cultivated BWJJUS L.

Buxus balearica Willdenow, in Species Plamarum vA, p. 337.1805. 'Marginata' P.CorbelIi in Dizionario di Floricultura 1:231.1873.

Buxus harlandii Hance in Journal of Linnean Society 13:123.1873. 'Richard' J.Baldwin in The Boxwood Bulletin 2(4):44.1963.

Buxus micraphylla P.F.Siebold & J.C.Zuccarini in Abhandl. Math. Phys. Konigl. Akad. Wissensch. Munch. 4(2):142.1845. 'Compacta' D.Wyman in American Nurseryman 107(7):50.1963. 'Curly Locks' D.Wyman in American Nurseryman 107(7):50.1963. 'Grace Hendrick Phillips' H.Hohman in The Boxwood Bulletin 7(1):1.1967. 'Green Pillow' O'Connor in Bai1eya 1:114.1963. 'Green Sofa' J.Baldwin in The Boxwood Bulletin 15(3):42.1976. 'Helen Whiting' J.Baldwin in The Boxwood Bulletin 15(3):41-42.1976. 'Locket' J.Baldwin in The Boxwood Bulletin 15(3):41.1976 - 16(1):10-11.1976.

Buxus micraphylla var. }aponica (J.Muller, Arg.) Rehder and Wilson in Sargent, Plantae Wilsonianae 2(1):168.1914. 'Alba' Catalog, Andorra Nurseries, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, PA.1908. 'Angustifolia' L.H.Bailey in Hortus 105.1930. 'Argentea' Beissner, Schelle and Zabel, Handbuch der Laubholz-Berumnung 283.1903. 'Aurea' Catalog, Charles Dietriche, Angers, France.1892. 'Fortunei' Catalog, Andorra Nurseries, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, PA.1908. 'Japanese Globe' Plant "List, K.Howell, 4100 E. Sprague St., Spokane, WA.1958. 'Latifolia' Catalog, Andorra Nurseries, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, P A.1908. 'Morris Dwarf' B.Wagenknecht in The Boxwood Bulletin 11(3):45.1972. 'Morris Midget' B.Wagenknecht in The Boxwood Bulletin 11(3):45.1972. 'Nana' Beissner, Schelle and Zabel, HCfndbuch der Laubholz-Berumnung 283.1903. 'Nana Compacta' Catalog, Mayfair Nurseries, Bergenfield, NJ.1954. 'National' D.Andberg in The Boxwood Bulletin 12(4):62.1973. 'Obcordata' Beissner, Schelle and Zabel, Handbuch der Laubholz-Berumnung 283.1903. 'Obcordata Variegata' Anonymous in "List of Plants Introduced by Robert Fortune from Japan." Gardners Chronicle 735.1861. 'Rotundifolia' Beissner, Schelle and Z~l, Handbuch der Laubholz-Berumnung 283.1903. 'Rotundifolia Glauca' Catalog, Charles Dietriche, Angers, France.1892. 'Rotundifolia PenduIa' Catalog, Andorra Nurseries, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, P A.1919. 'Rubra' T.Makino in Botanical Magazine of Tokyo 27:112.1913. 'Variegata' L.Dippel, Handbuch der Laubholzkunde 3.83.1893.

Buxus micraphylla var. insularis (Nakai) Hatusima in Botanical Magazine of Tokyo 36:63.1922. 'Cushion' B.Wagenknecht in The Boxwood Bulletin 7(1):1.1967. 'Staygreen' Catalog, John Vermeulen and Son, Neshanic Station, NJ.1961. 'Tall Boy' B.Wagenknecht in The Boxwood Bulletin 7(1):1.1967. 'Tide Hill' D. Wyman in Arrwldia 17(11):64.1957. 'Winter Beauty' B.Wagenknecht in The Boxwood Bulletin 7(1):1.1967. 'Wintergreen' D.Wyman in Arrwldia 23(5):88.1963.

Buxus semperoirens Linneaus, Species Plamarum 983.1753. 'Abilene' Inventory, Beal-Garfield Botanic Garden, East Lansing, MI.1960. 'Agram' Introduced by the USDA, Glenn Dale, MD. Spring 1959. 'Andersoni' A name applied to a number of plimts grown from seed collected by Dr. Edgar S. Anderson in Macedonia. No precise application of the name seems possible. 'Angustifolia' P.Miller, Gardener's Dictionary ed.8:Bux.no.2.1756. 'Angustifolia Variegata Punctulata' H.Baillon, Monographie des Buxacees et des Stylocerees 61.1859. 'Arborescens' P.Miller, Gardener's Dictionary ed.8:Bux.no.1.1756. 'Arborescens Argentea' J.Loudon, Arboretum et Fruticum Britannicum ill:1333.1838.

77 'Arborescens Aurea Acuminata' H.Baillon, Morwgraphie des Buxacees et des Stylocerees 60.1859. 'Arborescens Aurea Punctulata' H.Baillon, Morwgraphie des Buxacees et des StyWcerees 60.1859. 'Arborescens Decussata' Kew HaruJlist of Trees and Shruhs 269.1925. 'Argentea Nova' Catalog, V.Gauntlett, Chiddingfold, Surrey, England.1930. 'Argenteo-variegata' R.Weston, Botanicus Universalis 1:31.1770. 'Aristocrat' J.Baldwin in The Boxwood Bulletin 6(2):23.1966. 'Aurea Pendula' Kew HaruJlist of Trees and Shruhs 131.1896. 'Aureo-variegata' R.Weston, Botanicus Universalis 1:31.1770. 'Belleville' R.Seibert in Arnoldia 23(9):116.1963. 'Broman' Sheridan Nurseries, Toronto, Canada. Selected in 1936. 'Bullata' G.Kirchner in Petzold and Kirchner, Arboretum Muscaviense 194.1864. 'Butterworth' Catalog, Tingle Nurseries, Pittsfield, MD.1958. 'Caucasiea' Hort.ex KKoch, Dendrologie v.2, pt.2:476.1872. 'Christiansen' Catalog, Cary Brothers Nursery, Shrewsbury, MA.1957. 'Clembrook' E.Clements in The Boxwood Bulletin 8(2):20-22.1968. 'Cliffside' J.Baldwin in The Boxwood Bulletin 14(1):15.1974. 'Columnaris' Catalog, VISser's Nurseries, 132-9 Merrick Blvd., Springfield Gardens, Long Island, NY.1960. 'Compacta' Catalog, Charles Dietriche, Angers, France.1953. 'Coniea' Catalog, Siebenthaler Nurseries, Dayton, OH. 136:10.1938. 'Crispa' Hort.ex KKoch, Dendrologie v.2,pt.2:476.1872. 'Croni' Catalog, Monroe Nurseries, Monroe, MI.1955. 'Cucullata' Hort.ex KKoch, Dendrologie v.2,pt.2:476.1872. 'Decussata' L.Dippel, Handhuch der Lauhholzkunde 3:82.1893. 'Edgar Anderson' M.Gamble in The Boxwood Bulletin 13(2):26-28.1973. 'Elegans' L.H.Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia. 601.1914. 'Elegantissima' Hort.ex KKoch, Dendrologie v.2,pt.2:477.1872. 'Fairview' Catalog, Eastern Shore Nurseries, Inc., Easton, MD.49.1947. 'Fastigiata' F.Meyer in Plant Explorations ARB 34-9:91.1959. 'Glauea' G.Kirchner in Petzold and Kirchner, Arboretum Muscaviense. 194.1864. 'Glauea Marginata Aurea' Catalog, F.Delauney, Angers, France.1910. 'Globosa' Catalog, Siebenthaler Nurseries, Dayton, OH. 136:10.1938. 'Graham Blandy' L.Batdorf in The Boxwood Bulletin 25(1):8.1985. 'GrandifoIia' J.Muller, Arg. in De Candolle, Prodromus 16(1):19.1869. 'Grand Rapids' Catalog, Light's Tree Company, Richland, MI.12:14.1948. 'Green Beauty' Catalog, Eastern Shore Nurseries, Easton, MD.10.1964. 'Handsworthiensis' Fisher ex Henry in Elses and Henry, Trees of Great Britain and Ireland #7:1725.1913. 'Handsworthii' Hort.ex KKoch, Dendrologie v.2,pt.2:476.1872. 'Handsworthii Aurea' Catalog, VISser's Springfield Gardens, Merrick Rd, Springfield, Long Island, NY.1945. 'Hardwickensis' Beissner, Schelle and Zabel, Handhuch der Lauhholz-Berumnung 283.1903. 'Hardy Michigan' Catalog, John Vermeulen and Son, Inc., Neshanic Station, NJ.1959. 'Harmony Grove' D.Wyman in American Nurseryman 107(7):57.1963. 'Hendersonii' Catalog, Lindley Nurseries, Greensboro, NC.1958. 'Heinrich Bruns' F.Meyer, New Cultivars of Woody Ornamentals from Europe in Baileya 9(4):129.1961. 'Henry Shaw' M.Gamble in The Boxwood Bulletin 25(2):43-47.1985. 'Hermann von Schrenk' M.Gamble in The Boxwood Bulletin 14(2):31-ibc.1974. 'Heterophylla' V.Veillard in Duhamel, Traite des Arbres et Arbrisseaux, ed.augm.1:82.1835. 'Hood' M.Gamble in The Boxwood Bulletin 26(3):64-67.1987. 'Inglis' D.Wyman in Arnoldia 17(11):65.1957. 'Joe Gable' Catalog, Kingsville Nursery, Kingsville, MD.1946. 'Joy' M.Gamble in The Boxwood Bulletin 24(1):12-13.1984. 'Latifolia Macrophylla' Kew HaruJlist of Trees and Shruhs 609.1902. 'Latifolia Maculata' Kew Handlist of Trees and Shruhs 131.1896. 'Latifolia Marginata' Kew HaruJlist of Trees and Shruhs 269.1925. 'LatifoIia Nova' Kew Handlist of Trees and Shruhs 609.1902. 'Lynnhaven' Greenbrier Farms, Inc., Norfolk, VA.1922. 'Macrophylla' Beissner, Schelle and Zabel, Handbuch der Lauhholz-Berumnung 283.1903. 'Marginata' J.Loudon, Arboretum et Fruticum Britannicum ill:1333.1838. 'Mary Gamble' J.Penhale in The Boxwood Bulletin 26(2):3435.1986.

78 'Memorial' J.Baldwin in The Boxwood Bulletin 6(4):ibc.1967. 'Minima' Beissner, Schelle and Zabel, Handbuch der Lauhholz-Benennung 283.1903. 'Minima Glauca' Catalog, Charles Dietriche, Angers, France.1892. 'Minor-aureo' R.Weston, Botanicus Universalis 1:31.1770. 'Mucronata' Hortul.ex H.Baillon, Monographie des Buxacees et des Stylocerees 62.1859. 'Myosotidifolia' Kew Handlist of Trees and Shruhs 131.1896. 'Myrtifolia' Catalog of Trees and Shruhs, Gordon, Dermer and Edmonds P1.6.1782. 'Natchez' M.Gamble in The Boxwood Bulletin 26(3):62-63.1987. 'Newport Blue' Catalog, Boulevard Nurseries, Newport, RI.4.1941. 'Nigricans' P.Corbelli, Dizionario di Floricu1tura 232.1873. 'Nish' M.Gamble in The Boxwood Bulletin 14(4):61.1975. 'Northern Find' D.Wyman in Arwldia 23(5):87-88.1963. 'Northern New York' Inventory, Beal-Garfield Botanic Garden, East Lansing, MI.1960 'Northland' Registered by C.W. Stuart and Co., Newark, NY.1949. 'Notata' R.Weston, Botanicus Universalis 1:31.1770. 'Oleaefolia' L.H.Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia 601.1914. 'Pendula' Catalog, Simon Louis 21.1869. 'Ponteyi' L.Dippel, Handbuch der Lauhholzkunde 3:81.1893. 'Prostrata' W.Bean, Trees and Shruhs Hardy in the British Isles 1:278.1914. 'Pullman' W.Pullman in The Boxwood Bulletin 11(2):20-21.1971. 'Pyramidalis' Catalog, Simon Louis 21.1869. 'Pyramidalis Hardwickensis' Kew Handlist of Trees and Shruhs 269.1925. 'Pyramidalis Variegatis' Catalog, Baudriller Nursery, Angers, France.1880. 'Rosmarinifolia' Hortul.ex H.Baillon, Monographie des Buxacees et des Stylocerees 62.1859. 'Rotundifolia' H.Baillon, Monographie des Buxacees et des Stylocerees 61.1859. 'Rotundifolia Aurea' L.Dippel, Handhuch der Lauhholzkunde 3:82.1893. 'Rotundifolia Aureo-variegata' Beissner, Schelle and Zabel, Handbuch der Lauhholz-Benennung 284.1903. 'Rotundifolia Maculata' F.Meyer in Plant Explorations ARB 34-9:113b.1959. 'Rotundifolia Minor' Beissner, Schelle and Zabel, Handbuch der Lauhholz-Benennung 284.1903. 'Salicifolia' Hort.ex K.Koch, Dendrologie v.2,pt.2:476.1872. 'Salicifolia Elata' Catalog, F.Delauney, Angers, France.1896. 'Semi-elata' Catalog, Charles Dietriche, Angers, France.1892. 'Semperaurea' B.Wagenknecht in The Boxwood Bulletin 7(1):1.1967. 'Serbian Blue' M.Gamble in The Boxwood Bulletin 14(4):61.1975. 'Ste. Genevieve' M.Gamble in The Boxwood Bulletin 11(1):1,15-16.1971. 'Subglobosa' Beissner, Schelle and Zabel, Handhuch der Lauhholz-Benennung 283.1903. 'Suffruticosa' Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 983.1753. As B. su.ffruticosa. 'Suffruticosa Alba Marginata' Catalog, Brimfield Nurseries, Wethersfield, CT.1955. 'Suffruticosa Aurea' H.Baillon, Monographie des Buxacees et des Stylocerees 61.1859. 'Suffruticosa Aureo-marginata Beissner, Schelle and Zabel, Handhuch der Lauhholz-Benennung 284.1903. 'Suffruticosa Crispa' Beissner, Schelle and Zabel, Handbuch der Lauhholz-Benennung 284.1903. 'Suffruticosa Glauca' Beissner, Schelle and Zabel, Handhuch der Lauhholz-Benennung 284.1903. 'Suffruticosa Maculata' Beissner, Schelle and Zabel, Handbuch der Lauhholz-Benennung 284.1903. 'Suffruticosa Variegata' R.Weston, Botanicus Universalis 1:31.1770. 'Tenuifolia' Hortul.ex H.Baillon, Monographie des Buxacees et des Stylocerees 61.1859. 'Thymifolia' Beissner, Schelle and Zabel, Handhuch der Lauhholz-Benennung 283.1903. 'Thymifolia Variegata' Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society 18:82.1895. 'Undulifolia' Kew Handlist of Trees and Shruhs 270.1902. 'Vardar Valley' D.Wyman in Arwldia 17(7):42-44.1957. 'Varifolia' Catalog, Kingsville Nurseries, Kingsville, MD.1949. 'Welleri' Catalog, Weller Nursery Co., Holland, MI.1945.

Buxus X 'Green Gem' B.Wagenknecht in The Boxwood Bulletin 7(1):1.1967. Buxus X 'Green Mountain' B.Wagenknecht in The Boxwood Bulletin 7(1):1.1967. Buxus X 'Green Velvet' B.Wagenknecht in The Boxwood Bulletin 7(1):1.1967.

79 Ill. Excluded Cultivars Buxus microphyUa 'Kingsville Dwarf D.Wyman in American Nurseryman 117(7):50.1963. = 'Compacta'.

Buxus sempervirens 'Acuminata' Journal of the Rayal Horticultural Society 18:86.1895. = Buxus acuminata J.Muller, Arg. Buxaceae. De Candolle, Prodromus 16(1):15.1869. 'Albo-marginata' cited by D.Wyman in American Nurseryman 117(7):57.1963 = 'Argenteo-variegata'. 'Angustifolia Variegata' J.Loudon, Arboretum et Fruticum Britannicum III:1333.1838. = 'Argenteo­ variegata' • 'Angustifolia Variegata Maculata' H.Baillon, Monographie des Bu:racees et des Stylocerees 61.1859. = 'Argenteo-variegata' . 'Arborescens Aurea' J.Loudon, Arboretum et Fruticum Britannicum III:1333.1838. = 'Aureo-variegata'. 'Arborescens Aurea Macu1ata' H.Baillon, Monographie des Bu:racees et des Stylocerees 60.1859. = 'Aureo-variegata' . 'Arborescens Aurea Marginata' H.Baillon, Monographie des Bu:racees et des Stylocerees 61.1859. = 'Marginata'. 'Arborescens Gable' Catalog, Tingle Nurseries, Pittsfield, MD.1963. = 'Joe Gable'. 'Arborescens Longifolia' L.Dippel, Handbuch der Laubholzkunde 3:82.1893. = 'Angustifolia'. 'Arborescens Marginata' J.Loudon, Arboretum et FruticumBritannicum III:1333. 1838. = 'Marginata'. 'Arborescens Salicifolia' L.Dippel, Handbuch der Laubholzkunde 3:82.1893. = 'Salicifolia'. 'Arborescens Tenuifolia' L.Dippel, Handhuch der Laubholzkunde 3:82.1893. = 'Angustifolia'. 'Arborescens Thyrnifolia' H.Vogel, GartenweU 33:150.1929. = 'Thymifolia'. 'Arborescens Variegata' Catalog, Andorra Nurseries, Chestnut Hill, Phil., PA.1908. = 'Argenteo- variegata' . 'Argentea' C.Ludwig, Die Neuere Wilde Baurnzucht. 9.1783. = 'Argenteo-variegata'. 'Argenteo-marginata' L.Dippel, Handbuch der Laubholzkunde 3:81.1893. = 'Argenteo-variegata'. 'Aurea' J.Loudon, Arboretum et Fruticum Britannicum III:1333.1838. = 'Aureo-variegata'. 'Aurea Maculata' Kew Handlist of Trees and Shrubs 131.1896. = 'Aureo-variegata'. 'Aurea Macu1ata Aurea' Inventory, Bea}-Garfield Botanic Garden, East Lansing, MI.1960. = 'Aureo­ variegata' • 'Aurea Macu1ata Pendu1a' Inventory, Beal-Garfield Botanic Garden, East Lansing, MI.1960. = 'Aurea Pendula'. 'Aureo-lirnbata' R.Weston, Botanicus Universalis 1:31.1770. = 'Marginata'. 'Aureo-marginata' Beissner, Schelle, and Zabel, Handhuch der Laubholz-Benennung 284.1903. = 'Marginata'. 'Elata' L.Dippel, Handbuch der Laubholzkunde 3:82.1893. = 'Angustifolia'. 'Elegantissima Variegata' Catalog, Charles Dietriche, Angers, France.1892. = 'Elegantissima'. 'Flavo-marginata' L.Dippel, Handbuch der Laubholzkunde 3:81.1893. = 'Marginata'. 'Flavo-variegatis' Beissner, Schelle and Zabel, Handhuch der Laubholz-Benennung 284.1903. = 'Aureo-variegata' . 'Fruticosa' Duhamel, Arbres & A rbustes, ed.2,i.t.24.1801-19. = 'Suffruticosa'. 'Fruticosa Follis Variegata' F.Dietrich, Vollstandiges Lexicon der Gart:nerei und Botanik 2:391.1802. = 'Suffruticosa Variegata'. Gigantea' V.Veillard in Duhamel, Traite des Arbres et Arbrisseaux, ed.augm.1:82.1835. = Buxus ba1earica Willd. 'Golden' Commonly used in catalogs as a descriptive tenn = 'Aureo-variegata'. 'Horizontalis' HiUiers Manual of Trees and Shrubs 1972. = 'Prostrata'. 'Humilis' K.Koch, Syn.Fl.GermHelv.ed.2,8:722.1844. = 'Suffruticosa'. 'Japonica Aurea' HiUiers Manual of Trees and Shrubs 1972. = 'Latifolia Maculata'. 'Latifolia' Anonymous in Annals ofHorticu1ture 2:541.1847. = 'Bullata'. 'Latifolia Bullata' Kew Handlist of Trees and Shrubs 609.1902. = 'Bullata'. 'Ledifolia' Beissner, Schelle and Zabel, Handbuch der Laubholz-Benennung 283.1903. = 'Salicifolia'. 'Leptophylla' V.Veillard in Duhamel, Traite des Arbres et Arbrisseaux, ed.augm.1:82.1835. = 'Myrtifolia'. 'Longifolia' G.Kirchner in Petzold and Kirchner, Arboretum Muscaviense 194.1864. = 'Angustifolia'.

80 'Macrocarpa' Beissner, Scbelle and Zabel, Handbuck der Lauhkolz-Benennung 283.1903. = 'Macrophylla' • 'Macropbylla Glauca' Beissner, Schelle and Zabel, Handhuck der Lauhkolz-Benennung 283.1903. = 'Glauca'. 'Macropbylla Rotundifolia' Beissner, Schelle and Zabel, Handbuck der Lauhkolz-Benennung 283.1903. = 'Rotundifolia'. 'Maculatis' Beissner, Schelle and Zabel, Handhuck der Lauhkolz-Benennung 284.1903. = 'Argenteo­ variegata' • 'Myrtifolia Glauca' Beissner, Schelle and Zabel, Handhuck der Lauhholz-Benennung 284.1903. = 'Suffruticosa Glauca'. 'Nana' V.Veillard in Duhamel, Traite des Arbres et Arbrisseaux, ed.augm.1:83.1835. = 'Suffruticosa'. 'Navicularis' Catalog, Charles Dietricbe, Angers, France.1892. = 'Handsworthiensis'. 'Oleaefolia Elegans' L.H.Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia. 601.1914. = 'Elegans'. 'Pyramidata' Inventory, Sanford Arboretum, TN.1932. = 'Pyramidalis'. 'Rosmarinifolia Crispa' Beissner, Schelle and Zabel, Handhuck der Lauhhok-Benennung 284.1903. = 'Suffruticosa Crispa'. 'Rosmarinifolia Fruticosa' P.Corbelli, Dizionario di FlorU:ultura 1:232.1873. = 'Suffruticosa'. 'Rosmarinifolia Major' H.Baillon, Monograpkie des Buxacees et des Stylocerees 62.1859. = 'Rosmarinifolia' • 'Rosmarinifolia Minor' H.Baillon, Monograpkie des Buxacees et des Stylocerees 62.1859. = 'Suffruticosa' • 'Suffruticosa Myrtifolia' Beissner, Scbelle and Zabel, Handhuck der Lauhholz-Benennung 284.1903. = 'Myrtifolia' • 'Suffruticosa·Nana' Catalog W.T.Smith Co., Geneva, NY.1936. = 'Suffruticosa'. 'Suffruticosa Navicularis' Beissner, Schelle and Zabel, Handhuck der Lauhholz-Benennung 284.1903. = 'Handsworthiensis' . 'Suffruticosa Rosmarinifolia' Beissner, Schelle and Zabel, Handbuck der Lauhkolz-Benennung 284.1903. = 'Rosmarinifolia'. 'Suffruticosa Thymifolia' Catalog, Little and Ballantyne, Carlisle, England. 1928. = 'Thymifolia'. 'Suffruticosa Variegata Maculata' H.Baillon, Monograpkie des Buxacees et des Stylocerees 61.1859. = 'Argenteo-variegata'.

Although the author has tried to make these lists as accurate as possible, errors and omissions do occur. He asks that additions or corrections be sent to: Mr. Lynn R. Batdorf, 1409 Elm Grove Circle, Silver Spring, MD 20904.

81 The Waddesdon Bequest I: Medieval Masterpieces

Editor's Note. As reported in the January their medieval predecessors, a residue of rare 1987 issue of The Boxwood Bulletin the ABS items-often objects that had served a devo­ has received a gift from member Elizabeth tional or even sacred purpose.... In the (Mrs. Mark V.) Braimbridge in England of a Waddesdon Bequest, a small group of excep­ booklet of slides, published by the British tionally important medieval objects of precisely Museum, depicting some masterpieces of this nature can similarly be seen and, whilst miniature boxwood carvings that date from the some of them, like the rosary beads, were in­ late 15th and early 16th centuries. Because the tended for private devotional use, others made slides were copyrighted we were unable to to house the sacred relics of saints were less reproduce them in The Bulletin without first ob­ personal. taining permission from the British Museum. * * * * We are pleased that Mrs. Braimbridge has now The remaining items in this booklet (slides secured the necessary authorization and we pre­ ML 57-62) all belong to a clearly defined group sent herewith those parts of The Waddesdon Be­ of miniature boxwood carvings, which were quest I: Medieval Masterpieces that pertain to produced in the southern Netherlands, probably this unique collection in general and to the box­ in Antwerp or Brussels in the last years of the wood carvings in particular . We wish to thank fifteenth and first third of the sixteenth cen­ both Mrs. Braimbridge and the Trustees of the turies. Not only were they all made in a period British Museum for making it possible for spanning less than fifty years but they all ap­ members of the American Boxwood Society to pear to have been made by one workshop; one view these rare art treasures carved from box­ such bead, in the Copenhagen Art Gallery, wood by medieval masters. bears the signature of its carver: ADAM THEODRICI ME FECIT ('Adam Theodrici made me'); possibly he was the chef d'atelier. Bequeathed in 1898 by Baron Ferdinand de The majority of the surviving pieces are from Rothschild, M.P., on condition that the collec­ rosaries, in some cases complete, but more tion should be displayed ill a room separate and usually consisting of just the 'paternoster' (the apart from the other contents of the British larger bead at the end of a decade which con­ Museum, the Bequest comprised all the objects sists of ten smaller beads known as 'aves'). of art in the new smoking room at Waddesdon There are also miniature triptyches, taber­ Manor, the house he built in Buckinghamshire nacles, 'memento mori' in the form of coffins (near Aylesbury) between 1874 and 1889, and in and even domestic objects such as knives. accordance with his express wishes, the collec­ Most of the subjects represented on the carv­ tion is known as 'The Waddesdon Bequest'. ings are taken from Christ's Passion, Baron Ferdinand (1839-98) was the grandson sometimes accompanied by its Old Testament of the founder of the Austrian branch of the parallels. Others depict .the Mass of St. great Frankfurt banking house of Rothschilds Gregory, the Tree of Jesse, episodes from the and from his father, Baron Anselm, of Vienna, life of the Virgin, and of saints such as Jerome, he inherited the nucleus of this great collection. George, Ohristopher and Hubert (the last was At the age of 21, Baron Ferdinand settled in particularly popular in the Netherlands in the England and later developed an ambition to Middle Ages). possess a cabinet of works of art of the highest Some of these delightful objects can be dated quality, in the tradition of the Renaissance quite precisely, from inventories, shields of princes of Italy and Germany. arms and representations of the owners. These show that the carvings' were prized by people of * * * * the most exalted rank and status. A complete Many of the ruling dynasties in Renaissance rosary in a private collection was made for King Europe possessed, through inheritance from Henry VIII and Queen Katherine of Aragon; in

82 Paris a miniature letter M in the Cluny Museum and captain-general of the Emperor Charles V's belonged to Margaret of Austria (1480-1530), army, and his wife Marguerite de Glymes, who daughter of the Emperor Maximilian I and one married in 1523; and one of the rosary beads in of the grandest patrons of the arts in Northern the Waddesdon Bequest was owned by Europe; a rosary in the Louvre bears the arms Marguerite de Glymes's uncle (through an il­ of Florent Egmont, Count of Beuren and Leer­ legitimate line), Gismas de Berghes (died 1514). don, a knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece

ML57 and ML58. 'Paternoster' Rosary Bead. Diameter 6.7 cm., Length (open) 13.3 cm. This 'paternoster' bead, together with one other in the Residenz Schatzkammer in Munich, is probably the most elaborate of this form of boxwood carving to have survived. It reveals some of the stylistic and iconographical sources used by the carvers. The crowded Crucifixion scene in the upper half of the bead recalls those of the monumental altarpieces busts of the two prophets on the hinge between the carved in the southern Netherlands during the fif­ two halves of the bead suggest that one of the teenth and early sixteenth centuries. The use of the carver's sources was the block-book edition of the scene of Moses and the Brazen Serpent on the left Biblia Pauperum, or 'Poor Man's Bible', fIrst pro­ leaf as a parallel to the CrucifIxion places the bead in duced in the Netherlands c. 1464-5. This was one of the long tradition of typology (the interpretation of the most popular of the typological works and was certain events in the Old Testament as parallels, or extensively drawn upon by artists and craftsmen. precursors, of the New Testament), large pictorial Other scenes on this bead such as the Nativity and cycles of which had been produced in Germany and the Annunciation on the lower leaf appear to derive the Netherlands from the eleventh and twelfth cen­ from woodcuts, or from engravings based on paint­ turies. The particular iconography of the Moses and ings by the great Flemish masters of the fIfteenth the Brazen Serpent scene and the presence of the century.

Waddesdon Bequest Catalogue No. 236.

83 the same manner as the rosary bead, in two hinged parts with leaves depicting episodes from Christ's Passion. The stem can be detached to reveal even more Passion scenes. The greatest craftsmanship is displayed in the pinnacle. The upper half is in four separate sections, decorated with relief scrollwork. These are held together at the top by a finial in the shape of a Pelican in her Piety. When this is remov­ ed the four sections open to expose scenes of the ML59 and ML60. Boxwood Tabernacle. Ht. events surrounding Christ's birth, and a figure of 22.2 cm. . the Virgin holding the Child carved fully in the There is no other known Flemish boxwood carving round (ML60). This can be elevated by turning the which exhibits the same display of technical virtuosi­ ratchet at the base of the pinnacle. ty. Indeed, this appears to be the only complete sur­ There are some indications that the tabernacle viving example of a tabernacle in this form (in the may have belonged to the Emperor Charles V Munich Residenz Schatzkammer there is another, (1519-56), but this has yet to be established. There but it has suffered from later alterations). can at least be little doubt that it belonged to a per­ The object is constructed most ingeniously, with son of standing; with its exquisite carving and section after section unfolding or separating to mechanical inventiveness it is exactly the type of ob­ reveal masterpieces of miniature carving. The ject to have delighted the nobility of the Hapsberg kernel of the tabernacle is formed in almost exactly dominions in the waning years of the Middle Ages.

Waddesdon Bequest Catalogue No. 233.

ML61 and ML62. Boxwood Altarpiece. Ht. The connection with monumental altarpieces is 23.9 cm. underlined by the Crucifixion scene (ML62), which The altarpiece is in the form of a triptych, and is has the multitude of figures and the setting in a closely related in design to the great contemporary vaulted interior so frequently found on the large Netherlandish altarpieces. It must have fulfilled the works. same function on a miniature scale, probably being The Netherlandish liking for typology is evident placed on the altar of a private chapel or oratory. on this piece. The Sacrifice of Isaac at the top of the The presence of two empty compartments on the left leaf provides the Old Testament parallel to the reverse suggests that it also served as a relic-holder. Crucifixion, and Samson carrying the Gates of Gaza

84 in the same position on the right leaf corresponds to stand and the baluster shafts flanking the Last Sup­ the Carrying of the Cross (the latter is a particularly per place the triptych amongst the very few to show common subject on these carvings). any signs of Renaissance influence. That these Several boxwood carvings in the form of trip­ works should remain so Gothic in design is tyches are known, but this is without doubt the somewhat surprising, especially when their owners finest. It is also a very important documentary piece, numbered such great patrons of the Renaissance as for it is the only one in the entire group to bear a Margaret of Austria and Henry VIII. By the 1530s, date (1511, on the plaque below the Last Supper). however, it appears that the conservative nature of Moreover, the 'putti' on the base and in the foliage these carvings had fallen out of fashion, for their scrollwork in the arch over the Crucifixion, the production seems to have ceased during this decade. pedestals on which the prophets framing this scene

Waddesdon Bequest Catalogue No. 232.

85 Photo: Jack Engeman Studio (Courtesy Maryland House and Garden Pilgrimage) Boxwoods line the bowling green leading to the orangerie at Wye House, Talbot County, on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Maryland House and Garden Pilgrimage

Plwto: Laird Wise (Courtesy Maryland House and Garden Pilgrimage) The Hope House, Talbot County, is approached by a circular drive surrounding a boxwood maze. The Iwuse is noted for its fine brickwork. Boxwood: An Important Element of Many Maryland Gardens

Betty Lee Digges

The 1987 Maryland House and Garden and for the boxwood lover there is much to see Pilgrimage is celebrating its 50th anniversary as this handsome shrub is an important element with nine tours beginning on Saturday, April 11, of many gardens. and ending on Sunday, May 3. (For schedule of Both Holly Hill and Evergreen in Anne tours see The Boxwood Bulletin, January 1987, Arundel County are notable for their fine box­ page 68.) Beautiful houses and gardens abound, wood plantings and gardens. Of great interest to

87 horticulturists are the 10112 acres of gardens sur­ with alternating pine and dogwood and enhanc­ rounding the London To-um Puhlik House which ed by extensive boxwood planting. The Wickes have been developed into a series of woodland House, a handsome Georgian dwelling built gardens. around 1767 in Chestertown, has a large box­ In Calvert County the 18th-century Maidstone wood garden which is being restored. has extensive boxwood planting and gardens Talbot County has over six hundred miles of designed by the present owners. waterfront; most of the colonial homes were The rolling landscape of Howard County pro­ built on the rivers and creeks which were the vides a beautiful setting for several old estates. highways of the time. Of the thirteen sites open Hedgerow has scores of holly trees and boxwood. for the Pilgrimage, six were on the original tour. Hickory Ridge, built in 1749, has lovely old box­ North Bend (see photo), a house which has grown woods in the garden and surrounding the house. and changed with the passing years, is situated Visitors to Kent County will enjoy Godlington on a Miles River cove and has an old walkway Manor (see photo), a farm which is managed by lined with boxwood along the water. Radcliffe the eleventh generation of the same family. The Manor, built in 1749, has a splendid view of the house is approached by a mile-long drive lined Tred Avon River and a massive boxwood garden

Plwto: Laird Wise (Courtesy Maryland House and Garden Pilgrimage)

North Bend, Talbot County, is situated on a cove of the Miles River and has an old walkway lined with boxwood along the river.

88 Plwto: H. Robins Hollyday (Courtesy Maryland House and Garden Pilgrimage) Godlington Manor, situated on a bank of the broad Chester River in Kent County, boasts an exten­ sive planting of boxwoods.

which is terraced down to the water. The half­ Mr. Stiles T. Colwill, Museum Director of mile driveway at Ellenborough is lined with Maryland Historical Society; Norwegian maples and boxwood. Overlooking Mr. William V. Elder, III, Curator of Deco­ Leeds Creek is Knightly where the garden is rative Arts at the Baltimore Museum of divided into four sections framed with two large Art,· borders of flowering trees and shrubs; boxwood Dr. Eric Klingelhofer, Director of Homewood and a gazebo add to the charm. From the hall at Excavation, Associate Professor of History, Wye House one may enjoy the vista of the bowl­ Mercer University, Georgia. ing green, lined with box, and the beautiful Moderator: Mrs. Perry J. Bolton, Sotheby orangerie (see photo) behind which is an in­ Associate for Maryland. teresting graveyard containing the graves of ten Luncheon and tours of Hmnewood will follow generations of the Lloyd family. the seminar. Prior to the opening of the tours, a symposium on H mnewood will be held on the campus of the For further information on the pilgrimage call Johns Hopkins University on Saturday, April 4, or write: 1987. The program will include a seminar at Maryland House and Garden Pilgrimage 10:30 a.m. Participants will be: 1105-A Providence Road Mrs. Susan Tripp, Director of University Col­ Towson, MD 21204 lections at the Johns Hopkins University; (301) 821-6933

89 Photo: Courtesy Historic Garden Week At Little Oatlands in Loudoun County this garden is designed in a series of green rooms connected by allees of magnificent boxwood that lead to a handsCYTM gazebo overlooking tranquil pastures. Historic Garden Week in Virginia

Photo: CO'Urtesy Historic Garden Week View from terraced gardens edged with boxwood at Morven, Albemarle CO'Unty. Boxwood Flourishes in Virginia Gardens

Charlotte Taylor Massie

Boxwood is the fragrant, shiny green shrub Visitors to The Garden Club of Virginia's that adds dignity and tradition to Virginia Historic Garden Week, April 18 through April gardens. Its uses in landscape design are 26, will see the many ways this special shrub boundless: for edging borders; outlining lends beauty to Virginia gardens. gardens; providing background plants to English and American boxwood enhance the enhance other shrubs and colorful flowers; well-tended lawn at Fox Hom Farm and the framing foundations of homes, large and small; terraced gardens at Morven in Albemarle Coun­ and giving walks and driveways an all-season ty (see photo). In a deep walled garden at 615 beauty that no other plant can. South Lee Street in Alexandria there are curv-

91 seen and admired by the owners at Villandry in France. The late Mr. and Mrs. David E. Finley created beautiful gardens at the edge of a great oak grove at Little Oatlands near Leesburg. Designed in a series of green rooms connected by allees of magnificent boxwood, they l~ad to a handsome gazebo overlooking tranquil pastures (see photo). Beaumont in Lexington is distinguished by a double row of boxwoods flanking the wide grassy front walk (see photo). Huge boxwoods, over a hundred years old, provide a perfect background for the rose garden in the Gables Garden, also in Lexington. At 101 Colonial Court in Lynchburg there is a formal garden, edged with boxwood and planted with yellow tulips, that is screened from the busy street by a wooden fence. Photo: Courtesy Historic Garden Week At Beaver Creek Plantation in Martinsville the path to the family cemetery is bordered by Harne ofDr. and Mrs. James E. Nevin, Danville. ing borders of boxwood and azaleas. The family burying ground of Patrick Henry at Red Hill in Charlotte County is surrounded by a large box­ wood hedge. In Danville the Wilson home overlooks a yard of naturalized boxwood gardens with brick terraces, walls and walks, while a large boxwood hedge adds a welcoming touch to the front walk leading to the entrance of the Nevin home (see photo). Boxwood flourishes in gardens on the Eastern Shore. One of the oldest and loveliest in the country is the original boxwood garden at Eyre Hall enclosed by a wall constructed of brick brought back from England as ballast in sailing ships. The boxwood allee at Holly Brook Plantation, with plantings of white French lilac, spring bulbs and old-fashioned flowers, is a glorious sight. The 18th-century historic Glebe overlooks a formal boxwood garden. In Fredericksburg the courtyard of the Young residence is landscaped with glossy box­ woods that enhance the colors of the rhododen­ dron, azaleas and spring bulbs. The borders and walks at the William Taylor house are lined with hundreds of English boxwood, with an occasional American boxwood topiary strategically placed in the garden. In front of the garage at Oakleigh, Gloucester Photo: Courtesy Historic Garden Week County, there is a miniature replica of a formal Beaumont, home ofMr. and Mrs. Carrington C. vegetable garden edged in boxwood which was Tutwiler in Lexington.

92 Plwto: Wirt A. Christian, Jr. (Courtesy Historic Garden Week) Boxwood provides the foundation planting of this Georgian style house built of old brick in 1933. It is the Richmond home of Dr. and Mrs. Herbert A. Claiborne, Jr. on Nottingham Road. century-and-a-half old boxwood more than 35 greatly admired plant at the Elmira Shelton feet high. House in Church Hill. The entrance to the In Orange County the entrance to the farm garden at 207 Lock Lane is through a wrought and circular driveway at Liberty Hill is lined iron gate; the formal boxwood garden was with American boxwood. Historic Montpelier designed by the late Charles Gillette, well commands a magnificent view of the Piedmont known Richmond landscape architect. countryside, and its gardens feature original The magnificent boxwood at 2919 Wycliffe boxwood, boxwood topiary and boxwood-edged Avenue in Roanoke was planted when the house walks and walls. was built in 1930 (see photo). Tea will be served in the gazebo surrounded Leeton Forest in Warrenton is surrounded by by formal gardens of boxwood and plantings of unusually large American boxwood and the tulips and daffodils at the president's house at gardens feature English boxwood (see photo). Richard Bland College in Petersburg. This is only a sampling of the many creative Boxwood is a lush and important plant in both uses of this handsome shrub. When landscap­ private and public gardens in the Richmond ing, Charles Gillette always took advantage of area. It adds interest and charm to the garden the ancient boxwood found on the grounds; his at 204 Nottingham Road (see photo) and is a 93 Photo: Courtesy Historic Garden Week Photo: Courtesy Historic Garden Week Home ofMr. andMrs. George Scott Shackelford, Leeton Forest in Warrenton, home of Mr. and 2919 Wycliffe Avenue, Roanoke. Mrs. Charles H. Seilheimer, Jr. fondness for boxwood is also apparent in the Complete information about the 200 homes Virginia gardens he designed anew. and gardens open on the 32 tours this year is contained in a 175-page guidebook, published by * * * * The Garden Club of Virginia and available, free The proceeds from Historic Garden Week of charge, at the Historic Garden Week Head­ have been earmarked since 1929 for the quarters, 12 East Franklin Street, Richmond, restoration and landscaping of the sites of Virginia 23219. If requested by mail, the head­ Virginia's Historic Landmarks. The goal re­ quarters would appreciate a remittance of $1 mains the same, and the results are reflected in toward the cost of the postage for this large and the 32 completed settings. informative book.

Mordecai Garden Symposium Scheduled for May 14-16 in Raleigh, North Carolina

The theme of this year's Mordecai Garden Raulston, professor of Horticultural Science at Symposium is "The Garden: Rooms Outside." North Carolina State University (NCSU); Mr. The event will feature lectures, field trips and Rodney Swink, president of the North Carolina festivities providing useful information to both Chapter of the American Society of Landscape experienced and novice garden enthusiasts. Architects; and Mr. Tony Avent, Landscape One of the speakers will be Ms. Ollie Adams, an Director of the North Carolina State ABS member who was instrumental in recreat­ Fairgrounds. ABS members who attended our ing the Ellen Mordecai 1840s Garden at historic garden tour of Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill in Mordecai House, a plantation house dating April 1984 will remember the outstanding from 1785. NCSU Arboretum which Dr. Raulston has A lecture and reception at the North Carolina created in Raleigh and which now contains State Capitol will open the symposium on 4,500 different species and cultivars of plants. Thursday evening, May 14. Keynote speaker The symposium is sponsored annually by the will be Mr. Thomas Wirth, a landscape architect Mordecai Square Historical Society. For more who frequently appears on public television's information and registration, call or write the "This Old House" as landscape consultant. He Society at 1 Mimosa Street, Raleigh, NC 27604, is author of The Victory Garden Landscape (919) 834-4844. Guide. Other speakers will include Dr. J.C.

94 Areas with Private Homes and Gardens Open for Historic Garden Week 1987

Albemarle Morven-Monday, Arrril 20 Tuckahoe-Thursday, A']Yri,l23 County through Thursday, Arrril 23 Westover-Tuesday, A']Yri,l21, Friendly Gardens-Monday, through Saturday, Arrril 25 A']Yri,l20, and Tuesday, A']Yri,l21

University of Virginia pavilions, Leesburg Saturday, Arrril 25, and gardens and lawn rooms, Sunday, Arrril26 Tuesday, A']Yri,l21 Lexington Tuesday, Arrril 21 Country Homes and Gardens, Wednesday, Arrril 22, and Lynchburg Tuesday, Arrril 21 Thursday, Arrril 23 Martinsville Wednesday, Arrril 22 Alexandria Saturday, Arrril 25

Chatham Sunday, Arrril19 Norfolk Wednesday, Arrril 22

Danville Thursday, Arrril 23 Northern Neck Wednesday, Arrril22 Eastern Shore Friday, Arrril 24, and Orange Thursday, Arrril 23 Saturday, Arrril25 Petersburg Tuesday, Arrril 21 Fairfax Saturday, Arrril 25 Portsmouth Saturday, Arrril 25 Fredericksburg Tuesday, Arrril21 Richmond Tuesday, Arrril 21, Gloucester Friday, Arrril 24, and Wednesday, Arrril 22, and Saturday, Arrril 25 Thursday, Arrril 23

Hampton- Wednesday, Arrril 22 Roanoke Saturday, Arrril25 Newport News Staunton Saturday, Arrril 25 Hanover Saturday, Arrril18 Suffolk Thursday, Arrril 23 Harrisonburg Wednesday, Arrril 22 Virginia Beach- Tuesday, Arrril 21 James River Belle Ak-Tuesday, Arrril21, Resort Area Plantations through Saturday, Arrril 25 Berkeley'-:'Tuesday, Arrril21, Virginia Beach- Thursday, Arrril 23 and Princess Anne Wednesday, Arrril 22 Tour

Brandon-Wednesday, Arrril 22, Warren County Saturday, Arrril 25 through Saturday Arrril 25 Warrenton Wednesday, Arrril 22 and Evelynton-Tuesday, Arrril21, Thursday, Arrril 23 through Saturday, A']Yri,l25 Williamsburg Tuesday, Arrril 21 Shirley-Tuesday, Arrril21, and Wednesday, Arrril22 Winchester Saturday, Arrril 25

95 Botanical drawing of a boxwood sprig by L. Mauree of the Missouri Botanical Garden staff. Note opposite leaves, small flowers in axillary clusters or spikes.

How to Describe a Specific Boxwood: An Amateur's Guide

Mary A. Gamble

(Reprinted from Bulletin Supplement, No.1, Apri11986, of the Boxwood Society of the Midwest with permission of the author and editor.)

Bailey, in Hartus II, describes boxwoods as share these basic characteristics; but every box­ "evergreen shrubs with small opposite entire wood variety or cultivar differs-sometimes (margin continuous) stiff leaves." All boxwoods slightly, sometimes significantly-from every

96 other variety or cultivar. Two important areas Elliptic: shaped like an ellipse or oval with of difference are leaf color and form. Let's greatest breadth at middle. Varies from begin with color. narrowly to broadly elliptic. If you have access to a recognized color guide Rotund: rounded in shape. such as the Royal Horticultural Society Colour Ovate: egg-shaped with greatest breadth Chart it is easy. Cut a 4-6 inch sprig and take it below middle. to a north light. Match a leaf to a green in the Lanceolate: narrow and shaped like the chart. It will fall within one of three groups: head of a lance with greatest breadth Green, Yellow-Green or Blue-Green. Match below middle. both upper and lower leaf surfaces; record Obovate: inversely ovate, with narrow end them. If you have no such guide, make a careful at base. eye-judgment, again in a north light. Is the Oblanceolate: inversely lanceolate, with green light, medium or dark? Does it have narrow end at base. undertones of yellow (frequent), blue (rare), or Leaf tips fall generally into three types, as black? Some are evident, others illusory. Be as shown below in Figure 2. objective as you can. Record your evaluation of both surfaces. You now have a basis for Figure 2. companson. First, stand off a little from the boxwood plant you are studying and form a general im­ 6a~ pression of leaf size: small, medium, large~ A Acute Obtuse Retuse closer look will show that many boxwoods have leaves of varying sizes and shapes, but usually Acute: narrowed to point. one is dominant. Now, take your sprig and a Obtuse: rounded at apex. metric ruler-you'll find it easier to measure Retuse: notched (sometimes slightly); boxwood leaves in centimeters (cm) and sometimes called emarginate. millimeters (mm)-to a quiet place and get to Leaf bases are cuneate or wedge-shaped. work. Select random but representative leaves Other leaf details which occur in some box­ and measure length, and breadth at widest woods are: point. Determine if latter is at middle, below or Revolu~e: rolled backward at tip or above middle. Record your findings. Now move margm. to basic leaf shapes which you'll find illustrated Bullate: surface puckered or blistered. and defined in Figure 1. Glabrous: smooth not hairy. The drawing in Figure 1 (by L. Mauree of the Glossy: smooth and shining. Missouri Botanical Garden Staff) shows the Glaucous: covered with powdery coating most common leaf forms found in boxwoods. It like "bloom" on peach. is slightly larger than life; you can place a leaf The form and dimensions of the mature box­ within the outlines to see how closely it con­ wood plant should be noted when known. It's forms. Leaves, like people, seldom fit a pattern important information for the gardener. But so precisely; you will discover many variations but, often we work with young, small plants and as you measure and study, a basic pattern will know only that they should make a small, emerge. You can qualify your description to fit medium or large plant. And so many things af­ the following: fect their growth: the siting of a plant and its

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97 environment; its use in the landscape; the man­ how closely the opposite leaves are spaced on ner in which it has been pruned; etc. Often the stems, which affects density, twigginess, shape and size are both controlled and/or etc. If you have seen the plant bloom, note it distorted so it is impossible to tell what the and the approximate date. Any facts which help natural form would be. Other details to note are complete the picture are worth noting.

Boxwood Society of the Midwest Offers Named Boxwood Cuttings for 1987

If the St. Louis winter continues its present 'Agram', 'Belleville', 'Pyramidalis Hard­ (February 3) mild temper, there is rio ques­ wickensis', 'Joy', 'Myitifolia' and 'Ste. tion that the BSMW can offer selected box­ Genevieve' . wood cuttings this coming summer. Quantities of the following are limited to 10 However, Puck, our resident groundhog, saw each: Buxus microphylla japonica and Buxus his shadow yesterday, so the worst may be microphylla 'Green Pillow'. yet to come. Therefore, we hedge our offer Cuttings will be taken and orders filled in with the usual caveat: "winter permitting." late June or early July, depending upon This means we reserve the right to substitute weather. They will be shipped from the cultivars and to reduce quantities (with Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, appropriate refunds, of course) if conditions Missouri. Cost of cuttings is $0.35 each, with change drastically. a minimum order of $3.50. Checks should be Quantities of the following cultivars of made payable to Boxwood Society of the Buxus sempervirens are limited to 3 each: Midwest and sent with orders to Mrs. George 'Mary Gamble', 'Hood', 'Natchez', and E. Penhale, 304 Carson Rd., Ferguson, MO 'Henry Shaw'. Quantities of the following 63135. Phone (314) 521-2712. Orders must Buxus sempervirens are limited to 10 each: be in Mrs. Penhale's hands by May 30.

LIST OF NEW ABS MEMBERS November 19, 1985 - December 31, 1986 The following 104 members have joined the notify the Treasurer (see inside back cover for American Boxwood Society since the previous address) of any errors. list of new members was published in the The Officers and Directors take this oppor­ January 1986 issue of The Boxwood Bulletin tunity to welcome the following members into (Vol. 25, No.3, Pages 80-84). If your name is on the Society. the list, will you please check for accuracy and 1985 Mrs. Charles M. Noone 1901 Belfield Road C.R. Cernea Alexandria, VA 22307 Mr. Thomas J. Banko 4223 Sleepy Hollow Road 1444 Diamond Sp_rings Road Annandale, VA 22003 1986 Virginia Beach, VA 23455 Mr. Anthony F. Lipnicki Mr. Lynn Adams Mr. Thomas Barbee 134 South Central Avenue Box 191, Route 2 201 Ferrell Drive Ramsey, NJ 07446 Purcellville, VA 22132 La Grange, GA 30240 H. Mathews & Sons Mary Ballowe Mrs. Pulaski E. Battle 25 Olmstead Lane Ridge 2024 Georgia Avenue 5607 Williamsburg Boulevard Ridgefield, CT 06877 Lynchburg, VA 24501 Arlington, VA 22207

98 Ham~n Beamer Mr. Maynard V. Corson Mr. & Mrs. William L. Goldman, Jr. 2113 est Pine Street 218 Country Club Road 90 East State Street Mount Airy, NC 27030 Newport News, VA 23606 Doylestown, P A 18901 Terry F. Beamer Mr. John A. Covert Richard J. Green 2035 West Pine Street Box 222, Aspen Institute Route 3, Box 284 Mount Airy, NC 27030 Queenstown, MD 21658 Owenton, KY 40359 Nellie S. Cox M2I Bean Mrs. Howard Hailey 112 2 W~les Mill Road Rose Retreat Farm 2811 Andrews Drive, N.W. Fairfax, A 22030 Goochland, VA 23063 Atlanta, GA 30305 Catherine W. Berling Mrs. B: B. Crotts Herbert M. Harper "Woodlawn" 419 Sh eld Drive 304 Sumpter Street Manakin-Sabot, VA 23103 Winston-Salem, NC 27104 Lynchburg, VA 24503 Mr. Robert Bowden Sue Dillof Mr. G.E. Hebb 3560 Hick0tr View Drive 8 Crocus Lane 12952 Welty Road Marietta, G 30064 Northport, NY 11768 Waynesboro, PA 17268 Mr. Peter W. Brown Mr. James Dodd Jab Hight 4509 Sulfave Road 6225 Bernard Avenue P. . Box 408, YES Richmon , VA 23221 Alexandria, VA 22310 Lynchburg, VA 24505 Edwin R Burger Maureen Dooley Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Hill 205 Barkbridfe Road R.F.D. 1, Box 432 210 Ampthill Road Wenonah, N 08090 Melfa, VA 23410 Richmond, VA 23226 Mr. & Mrs. Thornton W. Burnet, Jr. Diane D. Dunaway Mr. Robert J. Hoffman 1928 Copgersmith Terrace 1 Country Club CIrcle 52 South Sixth Street Woodbn ge, VA 22191 Charlottesville, VA 22901 Brooklyn, NY 11211

Jean P.R Burns Dr. J. Edgar Ferrell, Jr. Mrs. George Hugh~ Route 14, Box 430 14520 Mount Nebo Road 11208 Spur Wheel ane Fredericksburg, VA 22401 Poolesville, MD 20837 Potomac, MD 20854 Mr. James DouBri Butcher Alden E. Flory Mrs. Peter Barton Hutt 118 West End 've 9950 Maplestoo Lane 5325 Chamberlin Avenue Mt. Airy, NC 27030 Richmond, VA 23235 Chevy Chase, MD 20815 Mr. Fred Cannon Ms. Katherine Follin Dr. & Mrs. Robert M. Johnston 292 Warren Street 4407 Har~ Place Route 1, Box 556 Brooklyn, NY 11201 Nashville, 37205 Bluemont, VA 22012 Mrs. Walter W. Carlen Mr. Robert Froman Edward L. Jones 660 Woodlawn 8108 Ox Road 3 Roselawn Lane Cookeville, TN 38501 Fairfax Station, VA 22039 Malvern, P A 19355 Mr. Michael W. Cassidy Mrs. Alma Furey Barbara F. Kincheloe 407 W. Alexandria Avenue 101 South Princeton Avenue 10111 Epsilon Road Alexandria, VA 22302 Wenonah, NJ 08090 Richmond, VA 23235

Mrs. John W. Christian, III Mr. & Mrs. RL. Galloway Ka~Korbon 205 Paxton Road 4425 Gorman Drive 350 Gillums Road Richmond, VA 23226 Lynchburg, VA 24503 Charlottesville, VA 22901 Sarah T. Clement The Dixon Gallery & Gardens Martjr's Disc Nurse[W& Landscape 4807 Wythe Avenue 4339 Park Avenue 4613 Hicks Road, S. . Richmond, VA 23226 Memphis, TN 38117 Mableton, GA 30059

Curtis Cole Mrs. D. Phi~ Garmey Mrs. Frank Laughon 1251 East Main Street Box 408, V. .S. Road 205 Ampthill Road Purcellville, VA 22132 Lynchburg, VA 24505 Richmond, VA 23226

99 Mrs. William R Loomis Mr. John W. Roberts Mr. Forrest D. Stout P.O. Box 182006 3204 Hawthorne Avenue 10 Lruton Lane Coronado, CA 92118 Richmond, VA 23222 Pitts urgh, P A 15202

Mrs. James E. Lynch Gre~ry L. Robinson K. Marc Teffeau 3829 Royal Boulevard 409 ashin&Jjn Street P.O. Box 519 Lynchburg, VA 24503 Lynchburg, A 24504 Easton, MD 21601 Mrs. Aubrey L. Mason Alice M. Rochat Mr. H. Bruce Thompson, Jr. 1451 Trents Ferry Road 101 Mountain Tj Road 1519 Langhorne Road Lynchburg, VA 24503 Bernardsville, N 07924 Lynchburg, VA 24503 Ellis F. Maxey Mr. Robert Rose Hazel S. Thompson 201 Hilton Terrace 2205 Grayson Place 964 Walker Road Newport News, VA 23601 Falls Church, VA 22043 Great Falls, VA 22066 Dr. James T. May Mrs. Elizabeth Sasser Mrs. Bate Toms, Jr. 207 Cyril Lane 3 AEple Tree Lane 931 Mulberry Road Richrriond, VA 23229 St. ouis, MO 63124 Martinsville, VA 24112 Mr. Lays Wohe Mouret Mrs. Elizabeth Schiess L. Goode Toone Sharon, TN 38225 SR2 Box 27 111 Dan Circle Lusby, MD 20657 Clarksville, VA 23927 Sarah B. Munford Box 32A Mr. Thomas R Schwalm Helen J. Vanmeter Crozier, VA 23039 1919 Fox Hill Lane 178 Church Street Paoli, P A 19301 Chillicothe, OH 45601 Mrs. Harry G. Norris Route 5, Box 568 Weyerhaeuser/Schweikert Mr. John B. Wagoner Roanoke, VA 24014 12621 Jeffery Road 821 Bywater Road Annapolis, MD 21401 Moreau LandscaIE Nursery Irvine, CA 92720 89 County Road ast Colts Neck, NJ 07722 Mrs. Robert H. Shultz, Jr. Mr. Howard S. Walker, Jr. 9323 Lakeland Drive 280 Rhoads Avenue Prickett Nursery Richmond, VA 23229 Haddonfield, NJ 08033 Mantua Boulevard Sewell, NJ 08080 Mr. James M. Simmons Mrs. Richard H. Warburton 1879 Silver Creek Drive 64 Anthony Street Mr. & Mrs. S.P. Oliphant Austell, GA 30001 S. Dartmouth, MA 02748 4977 Glen Brook Road Washington, DC 20016 Dr. Jerry Allison Snow Mrs. Carroll L. Williams 2120 Yorktown Road, N.W. 3232 Osborne Road Mrs. Edward ~enheimer Washington, D.C. 20012 Chester, VA 23381 3709 Valley Ro Ellicott City, MD 21043 Mr. & Mrs. James G. Sorber Dr. (Gerald A. Williams 4 Kirkland Avenue Route 1, Box 36A Woodlawn Plantation West Chester, PA 19380 Keezletown, VA 22832 P.O. Box 37 Mount Vernon, VA 22121 Mr. Robert Soucar Jacques Wirtz 305 Lenape Trail Botermelkdijk 422 Mrs. James B. Puller, Jr. Wenonah, NJ 08090 2120 Schoten 215 Queen Charlotte Road Belgium Richmond, VA 23221 Mr. Donald Sparks, Jr. 109 S. Princeton Avenue Mr. Michael Y an~ Mrs. Beulah H. Ramsey Wenonah, NJ 08090 10903 W. Bobor Avenue Route 1, Box 268 Milwaukee, WI 53225 Henry, VA 24102 Mrs. RA. Stanfield 13531 Glendower Road Mr. Robert Young Mr. & Mrs. Britt Richardson Midlothian, VA 23113 2403 June Street 6021 Beech Tree Drive Arlmgton, VA 22202 Alexandria, VA 22310 Dr. & Mrs. M.M. Stanley 103 Little John Road Williamsburg, VA 23185

100 FOR YOUR ADDRESS BOOK THE AMERICAN BOXWOOD SOCIETY If your letter is concerned with: INFORMATION Change of address Membership: new, renewal or gift Address: P.O. Box 85, Boyce, Virginia 22620 Dues Donations to research programs or memorial DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS gifts Ordering back issues of The Bulletin Regular (individual) membership dues of The Ordering List of Registered Boxwoods American Boxwood Society are now $15.00. This includes $8.00 for a subscription to The Boxwood Write to: Bulletin. Treasurer The Boxwood Society membership year runs American Boxwood Society from May of one year through April of the follow­ P.O. Box 85 ing year. Dues are payable in advance of each Boyce, VA 22620 membership year. New members who join the Society at intervening times of the year are sent all If your letter is concerned with: four issues of The Bulletin for that membership year and then, like other members, pay dues in ad­ General Information about the Society vance of the next membership year. Advice concerning boxwood problems or cultural information Non-member subscriptions are for groups and in­ Boxwood cultivar selection stitutions such as botanic gardens, libraries, etc. Subscriptions are $15.00 per year, and run by the Write to: calendar year. At the present time all back issues of The Box­ American Boxwood Society wood Bulletin are available except Vol. 22, No. I, P.O. Box 85 July 1982 (photocopy can be supplied, however). Boyce, VA 22620 Price per single copy of any and all issues is $2.50. Your request will be forwarded to a member of The present classes of membership are: the Board or another appropriate member who can provide the help you have requested. Category Annual Dues You are also welcome to write directly to the Individual $ 15 President of the American Boxwood Society: Family 20 Contributing 30 Mrs. Robert L. Frackelton Sustaining 50 1714 Greenway Drive Life 250 Fredericksburg, VA 22401 Patron 500 or more Institutional Subscriber 15 Gift memberships are announced to the reci­ pients by boxwood-decorated cards which state If you have contributions for The Boxwood that four issues of The Boxwood Bulletin are includ­ Bulletin - articles, news, notes, photographs, sug­ ed in membership. gestions or anything of probable interest to box­ wood people - it saves time to direct them to the Contributions are welcome for the Research Editor: Fund, the Boxwood Memorial Garden, the Box­ wood Handbook and the Boxwood Monograph Mr. Scot Butler, Editor Fund. The Boxwood Bulletin Members of the American Boxwood Society are P.O. Box 190 reminded of the 1968 IRS decision that contribu­ Bluemont, VA 22012 tions to and for the use of the Society are deductible by donors as provided in Section 170 of the Code. BOXWOOD- A heritage from Yesterday A privilege for Today A bequest for Tomorrow