AND FLOWER-GARDEN DIRECTORY. 93 
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GARDEN PLANTS. 
BOX EDGING, 
Has a beautiful appearance if kept neatly trimmed and regular, 
especially in winter, and adds much to the beauty of the garden. 
The dwarf variety (Buxus surrruticosa) is generally employed 
for this purpose, and may be readily propagated from cuttings or 
slips, early in the spring or October. The latter is preferable, 
for, if ordinary care be taken in planting, it will be sufficiently 
rooted to encounter the scorching rays of the sun, which, in dry 
seasons particularly, burns and frequently destroys that set out in 
the spring. Any common garden soil will answer for this pur- 
pose. If to be raised from cuttings,/in the spring, they should be 
planted in a bed to themselves, where they can have shade and 
waterings; for, when planted as edging, if some should fail to 
grow, the same becomes uneven and full of gaps, and will be 
found rather difficult to get in good shape again. ‘To perform the 
operation, the margin of the beds having been properly leveled, 
excavate a drill from four to six inches deep, according to the 
length of the cuttings or slips to be inserted, and, if the former, 
place them within half an inch of each other, in alternate rows, 
gently pressing them in an upright position. Draw the soil up 
around them, and moderately press the same. To form a neat 
edging, the operator should be careful to have the cuttings or 
slips equally distributed. In planting slips, the alternate row 
may be dispensed with; in which case, the tops should be slightly 
pressed into each other, so as to form an unbroken and even 
surface. Both cuttings and slips should be deprived of “al leaves 
as far up from the bottom as they are to be inserted in the soil, 
which may be easily effected by drawing them gently through the 
