Two line specimen Box plants at the 
entrance to our office 
Boxwood, for the Garden 
No list of plants is complete without those so important in 
carrying out the old colonial type, or the more elaborate formal 
garden. In the forefront of material for this purpose, the most 
desirable and most frequently used of all is Boxwood. It gives 
strong notes of form and color, and as a background for garden 
flowers is indispensable. One can easily imagine the superb 
effect of a mass of Larkspur, or the more brilliant planting of 
Kniphofia, against a background of dark green Box. 
While there are many varieties of Box, we will consider only 
the most desirable, variety Sempervirens, whose close-growing 
habit, fine foliage of rich, dark green, added to extreme hardi¬ 
ness, make it a practical variety for general use. It is grown 
in various shapes—Bush-shaped, Pyramid and Standard, as 
well as the Dwarf Box, Suffruticosa, which, on account of its 
slow, dense growth, is used for a formal edging. 
For General Planting 
The planning of a house is not complete without considering, 
at the same time, the needs of the house in its relation to the 
grounds and the planting. In this connection nothing can give 
richer effects, such contrasts in form and color, make such a 
framework of strong accents, or occupy a more commanding 
position as a foil for the plantings of lighter form and texture 
than Boxwood. 
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Chestnut Hill. Philadelphia [twenty-five] 
