The Boxwood Bulletin A Quarterly Devoted to Man's Oldest Garden Ornamental At the University of Virginia, the northforecourt of the Rotunda, landscaped by the Garden Club of Virginia, has huge Buxus sempervirens surrounding the terrace where the statue of Mr. Jefferson stands. See article on page 77. (Photo: Decca G. Frackelton) IN THIS ISSUE 39th Annual Meeting Scheduled for May 20-22 in Richmond, Virginia ......... 67 Edgar Anderson Memorial Boxwood Garden, Daniel Moses ......................... 72 Boxwood Hardiness in Southwestern Pa.: Part II, Clyde Weber ..................... 75 Preview: 1999 Historic Garden Week in Virginia, Suzanne Munson. .............. 77 62nd Maryland House and Garden Pilgrimage-1999 .......... ............ ................ 81 News of the Society ......................................................................................... 85 The Seasonal Gardener .......................................................... Inside Back Cover April 1999 Volume 38, Number 4 The American Boxwood Society The American Boxwood Society is a not-for-profit organiza­ 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 (thru Vol. 37) (each) $ 4 Boxwood Handbook: A Practical Guide (Revised)** $ 17 Officers: Boxwood Buyer's Guide (4th Edition) $ 6 International Registration List of Cultivated Buxus L $ 3 PRESIDENT: Index to The Boxwood Bulletin 1961-1986 $ 10 Mr. Thomas Saunders Piney River, Va. Index to The Boxwood Bulletin 1986-1991 $ 4 VICE-PRESIDENTS: 1ndex to The Boxwood Bulletin 1991-1996 $ 3 Mr. Charles Fooks Salisbury, Md. Publications may be ordered from Mrs. K. D. Ward, ABS Mr. Daniel Moses St. Louis, Mo. Treasurer, 134 Methodist Church Lane, West Augusta, VA SECRETARY: 24485-2053. **Price includes tax, postage and handling. Mrs. Sigrid Harriman Fredericksburg, Va. EXECUTIVE TREASURER: Contributions: Mrs. Katherine D. Ward West Augusta, Va. Gifts to the Society are tax-deductible and may be undesig­ REGISTRAR: nated or applied to: Mr. Lynn R. Batdorf Washington, D.C. Boxwood Memorial Garden Fund DIRECTORS: Boxwood Manual Fund Mr. John W. Boyd III (2001) Roanoke Va. Boxwood Research Fund Mr. Scot Butler (2000) Winchester, Va. Mrs. Robert L. Frackelton (2000) Fredericksburg, Va. Correspondence: Dr. Henry Frierson (2000) Charlottesville, Va. For address changes, memberships, dues, contributions, or to Mr. Richard D. Mahone (2001) Williamsburg, Va. order back issues or publications, write: Mr. Ian Robertson (1999) Charlottesville, Va. Mr. Jim W. Saunders (1999) Piney River, Va. Treasurer, The American Boxwood Society Mr. Clyde Weber (1999) Bentleyville, Pa. P.O. Box 85,. Boyce, Va. 22620-0085 Mr. Steve Zapton (2001) Port Republic, Va. For general information about the Society, advice concerning EX-OFFICIO: boxwood problems or cultivar selection, write to The Ameri­ Dr. Michael Bowers Boyce,Va. can Boxwood Society at the same address. You are also BULLETIN EDITOR: welcome to write directly to the President: John S. McCarthy St. Louis, Mo. Mr. Thomas Saunders 2498 Tye Brook Hwy. Memberships: Piney View, Va. 22964 Memberships for the year May through April include $16 for four quarterly issues of The Boxwood Bulletin: Call for Papers: Individual $25 Sustaining $75 Technical articles, news, history, lore, notes, and photographs Family $35 Life $500 concerning boxwood specimens, gardens or plantings are Contributing $50 solicited for possible publication in The Boxwood Bulletin. 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The Bulletin is printed by M-J Printers, Fredericksburg, Va. 39th Annual Meeting Scheduled for May 20-22, 1999 ABS Meets in Richmond, Virginia Katherine Ward, ABS Treasurer, has put together an entertaining and SCHEDULE OF EVENTS enlightening program for The Ameri­ Thursday, May 20 can Boxwood Society 39th Annual 10:00 a.m. Tour of Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden MeetiI!g. 12 noon Lunch on your own at LGBG Cafe Thursday, May 20, 1999 1:30 p.m. Registration at Comfort Suites-Innsbrook The program begins at the Lewis 2:00p.m. Meeting Room at Comfort Suites, Ginter Botanical Garden, 1800 Charles Thornton, Soil Consultant Lakeside Avenue, Richmond, 3:15 p.m. Break Virginia. Directions and maps for the 3:30p.m ABS Governing Board Meeting LGBG and for the Comfort Suites­ 5:30p.m. Bus leaves for Dinner Cruise on the Annabelle Innsbrook will be sent to registrants. Lee. The new E. Claiborne Robins 9:30p.m Bus returns registrants to hotel Center at the LGBG opens in March 1999 and features a spacious meeting Friday, May 21 area, botanical exhibits, patio gar­ 7:30 a.m. Breakfast in ABS Meeting Room at hotel dens, a new dining cafe (see sched­ Paul Saunders will discuss his evaluation project ule) and expanded gift shop. 8-9 a.m. Registration to pick up packets for those who Located in north Richmond, the have not received theirs. (Pre-registration is LGBG currently has more than 15 required.) landscaped acres and 10 main gard­ 9:00-9:45 a.m. John Wise - Seasonal Bedding Plants ens: an extensive perennial garden, a 9:45-10:30 a.m. Chuck Elstrodt - Scott Co. - Fertilization cottage garden, children's garden, the 10:30-10:45 a.m. Break Asian Valley garden, a conifer 10:45 a.m.-12 noon Business Meeting garden, a study garden with daffodils, 12 noon-l:15 p.m. Bob Lyons - New Director, NC State Arboretum day lilies, true lilies and cryptomerias, 2:30-3:30 p.m. Panel Discussion from written questions a wetland garden, a friendship garden, 3:30-3:45 p.m. Break a wildflower meadow and the formal 3:45 p.m. Auction (John W. Boyd, III) Victorian garden restored by the 6:30p.m. Banquet Dinner Garden Club of Virginia. There will be guided tours for the registrants Saturday, May 22 beginning at 10:00 a.m. 8:30 a.m. Bus Tour and Lunch - Agecroft Hall, Redesdale Lunch will be on your own at the and Tuckahoe Plantation - Bus returns to hotel new cafeteria at LGBG, then travel to the Comfort Suites-Innsbrook to cheplc! in and begin meetings. We will open our meetings with a Registration: talk by soil consultant Charles Registrants are responsible for availability will apply. Thornton. their lodgings and any meals not Cost: $130 for the full schedule, Following a refreshment break, the specified. Rooms are being held at plus a $15 supplement for non­ ABS Governing Board will meet at the Comfort Suites-Innsbrook, 4051 members. For those who cannot 3:30p.m. Innslake Drive, Glen Allen V A attend all functions, the cost may be The next scheduled event is the 23060, phone (804) 217-9200 until divided $45 for Thursday and $85 for dinner cruise on the paddleboat May 2. Identity yourself with The combined Friday and Saturday. "Annabelle Lee." The bus will leave American Boxwood Society for the Supplement applies. No other the hotel promptly at 5:30 p.m. to go special rate of $79.95 plus tax (single adjustments can be made. to the boat and will pick us up for or double). Deadline for registration is May 2, return at 9:30 p.m. After May 2 regular rates and 1999. April 1999 67 Friday, May 21, 1999 Meetings will be held at the Comfort Suites-Innsbrook, which serves a complimentary breakfast. Breakfast will be set up in our meeting room at 7:30 a.m. and Paul Saunders will show slides and discuss hi s National Boxwood Trials pro­ gram. Registration between 8-9 a.m. for those who have not picked up their packets. (Pre-registration is required.) John Wise, horticulturist at LGBG, will speak on Seasonal Bedding, followed by Chuck Elstrodt of the Scott' s Company on Fertiliza­ tion . After a fifteen-minute break, the Annual Business Meeting will begin. The ABS Board will then have to gather for a short business meeting while the registrants get started on The formal garden at Agecroft Hall with the James River in the background. their box lunches. (Be sure to indicate on your registration form if you wish garlic herb chicken salad or dill tuna salad on your croissant sandwich.) The afternoon speaker is Bob Lyons, Director of the J. C. Ralston Arboretum at N.C. State, followed by a panel discussion. Registrants are requested to submit written questions to be answered by the panel. After a short break, the very popular Auction will begin with John W. Boyd III in charge. At 6:30 p.m. we will reassemble (at the hotel) for the Banquet Dinner. Notice Anyone with named box­ woods to donate to the Auction, The sunken garden at Agecroft Hall in October. (Top photos: Decca please notify Mr. John W. Boyd Frackelton) III, Auction Chairman, so that he can prepare a list in advance Saturday, May 22, 1999 house, then reverse. with descriptions. His address is The bus will leave promptly at Agecroft Hall, a Tudor Manor 2612 Churchill Drive, Roanoke, 8:30 a.m. for a tour and lunch, House built in 16th-century England, Virginia 24012-2126, phone visiting three gardens. crossed the Atlantic to become the (540) 362-0064. At Agecroft Hall we will be residence of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. divided into two groups, one to tour Williams, Jr. The reconstruction was the grounds, the other to tour the completed in 1928 as the centerpiece 68 April 1999 Knot gardens at Agecroft Hall.