| 单词 | boxwood |
| 例句 | Broken slabs of flagstone create a winding pathway through sprays of lavender, untamed boxwood, and lacy umbrellas of anise. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z A pair of mourning doves hunted for food near a shaggy boxwood hedge, cooing to each other in their soft melancholy voices. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z There was a brick walkway and the twisted and wiry shape of what once had been a row of boxwoods. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Georgie and I hid in the boxwood, close enough to hear every word. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z “You could write about dragons too,” Tony said, now knighting a small boxwood bush. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He stands and throws his few remaining seeds into the boxwood. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z She looks out along the boxwoods, wipes off her sweat with her palm. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z We just stand there and watch him hobble through the prickly boxwood bushes and disappear in the trees. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Neatly trimmed boxwood hedges created a path lined with young betony plants, lavender, day lilies, and honeysuckle. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z He even asked her if she wanted to play it, and she snorted despite herself, imagining this tall, strange man with ice-chip eyes crouching in the boxwoods. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “Magnolia and boxwood will dry out very quickly,” Gang says. Creative holiday wreaths and other ideas for a festive front door 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z Noted florist Rusty Glenn bedecked the store’s main level with a much-talked-about boxwood hedge and a gorgeous array of fresh flowers that were so fragrant that the room felt like an outdoor garden party. Architectural Digest and Neiman Marcus Celebrate Spring with Charlotte Moss 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z There are two ways to make a Christmas wreath, and I don’t mean with either boxwood or fir. The magic of wreathmaking circles 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z Tuck in a sprig of boxwood for an extra flourish. 86 Fresh Christmas Ideas 2010-11-19T19:59:00Z I picked English boxwood for a tighter look. An easy, elegant and strangely addictive holiday project: DIY boxwood wreaths 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z A thinner wire will not hold the boxwood as well. An easy, elegant and strangely addictive holiday project: DIY boxwood wreaths 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z Property Values: Gracing the one-and-a-half-acre parcel is a pool surrounded by clipped boxwood hedges. Extraordinary Homes for Sale Around the World 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z She frames an armoire, shelves, and other furniture with fragrant spruce, cedar, and boxwood garlands for instant holiday appeal. Vintage-Inspired Christmas Decorating 2010-12-01T17:40:00Z A taller hedging of yews offers screening from the street and textural contrast to the shorter, tightly clipped boxwood hedges. Laurelhurst garden is a study in grace with subtle color and good geometry 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z There is the blackish green of cypress, the bluish green of boxwood, the mossy light-absorbing green of yet. Setting the Stage for Unreal Men 2010-06-20T15:15:00Z And nearby is a charming knot garden, fashioned from trimmed boxwood hedges of differing shades of green in a four-point design. A Garden Crawl Through the Garden State 2010-06-24T21:42:00Z They were often edged with small barriers such as low wattle fences made with pliant branches, or tiny living hedges of germander and trimmed boxwood. The key to growing healthy plants: Stay off the soil 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z Ask him to carve a rude message to your neighbor in the boxwoods. Social Q?s: The Negotiation Next Door 2011-07-08T18:27:39Z Other town gardens were older, more conservative and inspired by Colonial Revival ideas of simple brickwork, geometry and boxwood enclosure. Five decades after arriving in Georgetown, Gordon Riggle is still shaping its gardens 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z A simple line of boxwood, or just one large specimen, is all you need to bestow a sense of structure to an area of the garden. Boxwood gets a makeover 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z Look for smoky notes of black fruit and boxwood. At just $14, this savory and rich French red makes a mighty match for steak 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z She had been content cultivating a quarter acre of English perennial borders around her bungalow in town, but that was before she saw Tudor Grove's boxwood allée at a real estate open house. Landscape Revival 2013-02-25T16:20:02.927Z It is savory, with notes of wild herbs and cherries and perhaps a hint of boxwood. This $13 Spanish red will provide a delightful match for all your grilled food 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z Surrounding it are generous outdoor entertaining areas punctuated by boxwood spheres and century-old olive trees, the work of landscape designer Scott Shrader. Los Angeles Home - High Design for a Silicon Valley Entrepreneur 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z Dozens of boxwood sprigs must be wired to the armature. The magic of wreathmaking circles 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z They also planted a hedge of boxwoods to screen the new patio from the road. Colorful Cottage Courtyard 2013-05-13T15:50:07.330Z A new and seriously damaging disease named boxwood blight can be brought to a property unwittingly. An easy, elegant and strangely addictive holiday project: DIY boxwood wreaths 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z Life is too short to wait for boxwood. Is having a fish pond worth the effort? Yes. 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z The walls of the Grand Staircase boast grisaille panels painted by Kent himself, while the grounds feature razor-sharp boxwood hedges and wonderful rustic elements such as an obelisk cut from a single tree. Designer Brian Sawyer Visits England's Stately Homes 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z Beyond its roses, the garden is framed in boxwood, graced by flowering trees and formed around a ceremonial lawn. How a plain and tired lawn became the Rose Garden 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z Fewer possessions are made of boxwood today, but it is still valued for its close-grain density and beauty. Dull fall may sharpen our tree planting skills If you or your immediate neighbors have old and irreplaceable boxwood shrubbery in the garden, avoid bringing boxwood greenery to your home. An easy, elegant and strangely addictive holiday project: DIY boxwood wreaths 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z At the start of the show, the models emerged from a dressing room underneath the white set and began walking along paths arranged with dense boxwood mounded around skeletal trees. On the Runway Blog: Raf Simons Plants His Couture Garden 2013-01-21T19:01:36Z The latest, and in some ways most serious, malady is the boxwood blight, a fungus that targets many boxwood types but especially English box. Boxwood gets a makeover 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z They added feet and side panels to boxwood carvings, turned interior reliefs upside down and cobbled together mismatched halves into single beads. Unlocking the Secrets of Boxwood Miniatures 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z Otherwise, when buying greenery or assembled wreaths, inspect the boxwood carefully for any symptoms, namely brown leafspots leading to branch defoliation, and black streaks on stems. Boxwood wreaths are lovely but may carry a deadly disease 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z The centerpiece of Linda’s potager is a vegetable, herb, and cutting garden divided into four quadrants and framed by a ‘Wintergreen’ boxwood hedge. Secrets of a Savvy Gardener 2011-04-29T19:50:00.947Z The beautifully landscaped 4.6-acre grounds include formal boxwood gardens, pristine paths, and old stone walls, as well as a pool, a poolhouse, and an outdoor fireplace. Own a Piece of History in Marietta, Georgia 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z But the boxwood was declining even during Farrand’s tenure, and after her retirement the trustees of the garden turned to the noted Colonial Revival landscape architect Alden Hopkins to rework it. After a winter restoration, the famed Hornbeam Ellipse is almost back 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z The parterre is made much more narrow and reformed as a sort of boxwood knot garden. Review | The Haupt Garden demands constant work, and isn’t worth it 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z Linda designed her boxwood hedge with a circle in the middle to create a focal point—in her case, a vertical one because she doesn’t like a garden in which everything is flat. Secrets of a Savvy Gardener 2011-04-29T19:50:00.947Z Landscapes in old Richmond neighborhoods were dominated by a quartet of rather lame workhorse plants, namely boxwood, crape myrtle, English ivy and nandina. How to shift your gardening perspective to adapt to a changing climate 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z His solution for the garden was to remove half the lindens and 150 linear feet of boxwood edging. Five decades after arriving in Georgetown, Gordon Riggle is still shaping its gardens 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z In Madison, architectural eye candy abounds: a Beaux-Arts courthouse, boxwood gardens, and Victorian and neoclassical churches and houses. Perfect solution to the mother-son travel conundrum: A dude ranch in the heart of Dixie 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z American boxwood is darker, with more pointed leaves and looser in its growth habit. An easy, elegant and strangely addictive holiday project: DIY boxwood wreaths 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z She often goes to the woods near her home to think, and to secret her treasures away in a room-like enclosure made by a tangle of boxwood trees. ‘How We Weep for Our Beloved’: Writers and Thinkers Remember Toni Morrison 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z English boxwoods, planted to follow the curve of the walk, and clipped 'Oakland' hollies, which anchor each corner, offer a nod to the traditional forms found in Colonial gardens. Atlanta Cottage Garden 2013-05-13T15:50:05.423Z The Falls Church-Arlington Home and Garden Tour includes four 100-year-old holly trees, mature boxwoods, a garden of Victorian-era plants and two homes that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 2017 spring home and garden tours and events in the D.C. area 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z Genia dresses up the frame with a boxwood wreath, a group of bottlebrush trees, and a few fresh magnolia leaves. Vintage-Inspired Christmas Decorating 2010-12-01T17:40:00Z The buyers would show off their boxwood sculptures as status symbols to friends, but did not handle them much. Unlocking the Secrets of Boxwood Miniatures 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z His family’s nursery in Piney River, Va. — Saunders Brothers — is widely known for its boxwood and grows varieties for garden centers and public gardens from Richmond to Boston. Boxwood gets a makeover 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z Another great dwarf boxwood is named Franklins Gem, similar in its light green hue and extremely fine texture, but a little taller and wider, getting to three feet across. Boxwood gets a makeover 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z Pickets of cypress and walls of boxwood clipped into oblongs capped with half-globes lead the eye down a series of “rooms” into the untamed expanse of field and mountain. Echoes of History at a Tuscan Estate 2014-05-09T19:05:28Z Use other seasonal greens or harvest boxwood from your own plantings. An easy, elegant and strangely addictive holiday project: DIY boxwood wreaths 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z The garden is his only completed work in New York City: a gated tableau, flowering and Zenlike, with a rectangular pool surrounded by pea gravel paths and boxwood. Critic’s Notebook: Frick Collection Returns to Square One, a Prized Garden Intact 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z Towering cypress, boxwood hedges, Roman statuary and pleasant paths direct the eye toward stately vistas all around. Tivoli: Still Rome’s great escape after 2,000 years 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z “We tried to make it lush by combining structural plants like boxwoods and espaliered Little Gem magnolias with low-maintenance grasses,” White says. Country house or city house, there’s a way to extend living space outdoors 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z One such recruit was Zsara Hamlin, who joined in January and was producing her first wreath, extravagantly full of English boxwood. The magic of wreathmaking circles 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z The boxwood is valued for its evergreen steadfastness, but we are at that one lovely moment in the year when the monarch of shrubs transforms itself with new growth. Boxwood gets a makeover 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z Go ahead and keep your boxwood and pyracantha for background, but minimize their fussiness with some big-leaf eye candy. Add instant interest by going big, with leaves 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z The statue stands between two boxwoods at the end of a spacious lawn extending behind the home’s rear colonnade. Home & Design: Yard art, Washington-style, including a Calder and a fiberglass cow It reflected the taste of the time, with boxwoods, hemlock hedges, pines and spruces. Greenwood Gardens in Short Hills, N.J. 2013-04-25T20:46:49Z Now she loves to prune, clipping the barberries, boxwood and camellias along the front of the house into flowing, undulating shapes. Bainbridge artist turns her creative talents to her garden 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z Create discrete areas shaped by hydrangeas, boxwood, osmanthus, viburnums, azaleas, hollies and camellias. The serenity of a shade garden 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z Tuck pieces of boxwood garland and sprigs of berries around the base of the vases; add votives to finish the look. 86 Fresh Christmas Ideas 2010-11-19T19:59:00Z A double row of Korean boxwoods rings the center fountain. Study the Classics 2013-01-03T14:50:02Z Dutch woodcarvers once sculpted slivers of boxwood into biblical scenes smaller than walnut shells, and for a few decades in the 1400s and 1500s, elite clients, including Henry VIII, vied to own the miniature works. Unlocking the Secrets of Boxwood Miniatures 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z The tables were decorated with 15-foot topiaries, cypresses, boxwoods and vases filled with either hydrangea and pomegranates or silver-plated fronds and calla lilies. Paris Fashion Week: Roberto Cavalli?s Night at the Top of the Food Chain 2010-09-30T16:52:00Z Rhododendrons, boxwood and beautyberries lend structure and bloom through the seasons. A European country garden on a Seattle city lot (and a half) 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z The boxwood will be replaced with new varieties developed to be resistant to the blight. Melania Trump’s Rose Garden redo draws criticism, but it’s long overdue 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z She thought of Christmas in the South, with magnolia leaves on the mantels, boxwood wreaths on the doors and dinner tables set with family china and silver. Silver and gold: Take a tour of a family’s Southern-style Christmas 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z In Virginia, consumers are encouraged to use nurseries that get their boxwood from growers participating in the Boxwood Blight Cleanliness Program. Boxwood wreaths are lovely but may carry a deadly disease 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z She began by putting in some dried pomegranates and an allium bloom sprayed gold, then added boxwood, cedar and seeded eucalyptus. The magic of wreathmaking circles 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z There are a number of broadleaf evergreens that provide structure and screening in the shady garden — hollies, camellias and boxwood all spring to mind. New hemlock hybrid could return a beloved tree to the shade garden 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z There are remnants of terraced boxwood parterres and early brick orangeries. Virginia’s Lost History 2012-11-22T18:48:32Z Be careful with boxwood; you may be bringing in boxwood blight that will spread to any existing boxwood in the yard. Why every garden should have a potted tree (and how to grow them) 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z The back side of the house, once the location of a small swimming pool, was now a boxwood knot garden in a frame of pea gravel. Five decades after arriving in Georgetown, Gordon Riggle is still shaping its gardens 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z Ivies are effective trailing plants in containers and baskets in shady patios and can be used in winter pots along with such things as boxwood, pansies and dwarf conifers. Revered, then reviled: Tracking the rise and fall of ivy 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z There are many quotations from the original, including the cogent observation that the odor of boxwood is forgiven for the utility of its wood. Dull fall may sharpen our tree planting skills Draw visitors to the door with a boxwood wreath framed by a garland of spruce, cedar, and boxwood. Vintage-Inspired Christmas Decorating 2010-12-01T17:40:00Z Page took time to get the layout right: a rectangular pool, with floating lotus and white lilies in summer, surrounded by pea gravel paths and boxwood. The Case Against a Mammoth Frick Collection Addition 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z The classic English boxwood was beset with a series of ills, from soil nematodes to boxwood decline disease. Boxwood gets a makeover 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z The research teams also studied miniature boxwood coffins, statuettes, skulls, altarpieces and boxes in the shape of pea pods. Unlocking the Secrets of Boxwood Miniatures 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z But decorations made from boxwood are not as simple or unburdened as they used to be. Boxwood wreaths are lovely but may carry a deadly disease 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z The third option is to move it; shallow-rooted plants such as azaleas and boxwood are happy to relocate. Perspective | The winter garden is full of promise and productivity. Don’t let it go to waste. 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z Leading up to the two-story brick residence is a scenic drive lined with boxwoods, walnut trees, and crepe myrtles. Tour a Historic South Carolina Home 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z Boxwood: English boxwood is bright green and densely foliated with rounded leaves. An easy, elegant and strangely addictive holiday project: DIY boxwood wreaths 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z Vadar Valley bridges the space between small and medium-size boxwood, growing two feet high and four feet across after a few years. Boxwood gets a makeover 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z In warmer weather, the brick courtyard is cozy with boxwoods. In New York’s picture-perfect Hudson Valley, the right balance of art, presidential history and food 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z I’ve long had a hankering to make a Christmas wreath, and for me the material of choice had to be boxwood. An easy, elegant and strangely addictive holiday project: DIY boxwood wreaths 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z But they are not as sickly as boxwood of yore, assuming they are free of blight, and very much worth planting instead of, say, azalea or hydrangea. Boxwood gets a makeover 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z If your potager is beautiful, productive and neatly tended, it’ll be way more attractive than boxwood globes and cones of dwarf Alberta spruce. Perspective | Slim pickings in this summer’s garden? You can do better next year. Here’s how. 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z While the full-size sculptures are showing at Perrotin’s Madison Avenue location, smaller boxwood and precious-wood versions will be on view in Paris. An Unmasked Daft Punk and Quincy Jones are subjects of artist Xavier Veilhan’s riveting sculpture 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z Surfaces in contact with the boxwood should be disinfected with rubbing alcohol. An easy, elegant and strangely addictive holiday project: DIY boxwood wreaths 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z It reminded me of a top Loire cabernet franc, with leathery, herbal and meaty flavors, and hints of leather, musk, sage, boxwood and rosemary. A stellar riesling and 4 other wines to help you start the new year right 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z Owens likes the look of magnolia, boxwood wreaths and satin ribbons. Tips for setting up your home bar, during the holidays and beyond 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z At its former headquarters in eastern Pennsylvania, Air Products had a neatly manicured lawn and boxwood hedges. Corporate Landscaping Lets Its Hair Down 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z Like all plants, boxwoods are very sensitive to excess amounts of water. What killed this boxwood? Experts provide advice to keep your garden thriving 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z An antique white linen napkin and simple ceramic candle holders trimmed with a bit of pine and boxwood complete the look. One plate, four ways: Find your perfect holiday table setting 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z Inside the hedges and beyond, theirs is a world studded with boxwood globes and topiary, from oversized muffins to giant green wedding cakes. If you slow down and pay attention, there’s much to be learned during a fall garden cleanup 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z Plantings include hollies, magnolia, crepe myrtles, boxwoods, azaleas, camellias, roses and hydrangeas. Georgian house in Woodland Normanstone on market for $10.9 million 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z We covered Green Velvet boxwood plants with burlap and draped pine boughs over the lavender to shield it from the cold. Perspective | Creating a garden as a refuge for pollinators — and myself 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z It happens because the boxwood roots cannot absorb enough water to keep their leaves green. What killed this boxwood? Experts provide advice to keep your garden thriving 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z There’s also a slight herbal note of the scent of boxwood on a warm summer evening. Perspective | At just $15, this French sauvignon blanc is a beauty of a bargain 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z French’s great-great-great-grandparents were enslaved on a nearby plantation before buying their freedom and building a house that remains today, tucked away amid enormous boxwood trees. James Madison’s plantation vowed to share power with Black descendants. Then things blew up. 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z Mount Vernon Historic Plant and Garden Sale: Ever wanted to boast that your boxwood shrubs or southern magnolia tree was propagated from one growing on George Washington’s estate? Plants take center stage at these swaps, festivals and tours 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z When spring finally arrived, we unwrapped the boxwood. Perspective | Creating a garden as a refuge for pollinators — and myself 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Q: I have a boxwood that died recently. What killed this boxwood? Experts provide advice to keep your garden thriving 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z The backyard, with its rose and boxwood gardens, is a lovely setting for socially distant get-togethers, and one of the owners spent many a summer day working in the vegetable garden. Whimsical Potomac, Md., estate lists for $9 million 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z In fall, masses of winter pansies, ornamental kale and berried shrubs replace tender plantings in the massive window box and containers, while the trim boxwood hedges and clipped hollies carry the show throughout winter. This meticulously planned and planted Queen Anne garden changes for the seasons in colorful echoes of a restored Victorian home 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z Four boxwood parterres in the Linhares garden are now a meadow of California poppies and Cosmos bipinnatus in fluorescent shades of tangerine and yellow that bloom from May through October. In a Fading Portuguese Village, the Gardens Bloom Again 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z The boxwood shrubs that form the outline of the state around the garden died as a result. Washington’s welcome display will have to wait to return to its former glory 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z The boxwood is planted in a row, and I am hoping to be able to save the others from dying. What killed this boxwood? Experts provide advice to keep your garden thriving 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z He filled its gardens with boxwoods, wisteria, magnolias and other ornamental plants. George Washington’s historic River Farm is worth saving for reasons beyond the president, historians say 2021-04-12T04:00:00Z Greely created five terraces, added specimen trees and boxwood shrubs, stone walls and steps, wisteria vines, azaleas, rhododendrons, irises, tulips and roses. This D.C. mansion has a rock-solid pedigree 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z After clearing acres of wild plants, he planted wisteria, boxwood and magnolia trees, creating a parklike grounds for his family. George Washington’s River Farm is listed at $32.9 million 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z “I started with that, and that’s where the most formal boxwoods are to kind of honor that history,” she said. Group restores Maryland cemetery that was in disrepair 2020-12-27T05:00:00Z What do you think killed the boxwood and should I be concerned about the others? What killed this boxwood? Experts provide advice to keep your garden thriving 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z The terraced garden has a 450-foot “center hall,” formed by boxwoods, that stretches from east to west behind the house. A landmark house, a world-class garden 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z A diamond-like shape of boxwoods was also added, while about a dozen crabapple trees were removed and will be replanted elsewhere on the grounds. Spruced-up White House Rose Garden set for first lady speech 2020-08-22T04:00:00Z Some of the popular choices in Seattle include bamboo, arborvitae, boxwood and Pacific yew. Screens: The most cost-effective way to gain privacy, conceal eyesores | Produced by Seattle Times Marketing 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z That design was studded with boxwood shrubs, magnolia and crab apple trees, and — of course — pale pink, yellow and white roses. Melania Trump Will Revamp White House Rose Garden 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z Two mature mugo pines a few feet away from the boxwood died a few months earlier in the same fashion. What killed this boxwood? Experts provide advice to keep your garden thriving 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z There are numerous gardens and orchards to explore: Some are elegant, filled with colorful perennials, boxwoods, flowering shrubs and seasonal native plants. These nearby beaches, breweries and wildlife preserves can ease your summer wanderlust 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z “There were beautiful boxwoods around the rim of these two flower beds, these beautiful little hedges, very fussy.” She Wanted to Revive a Park. First She Had to Take On the Rats. 2020-03-14T04:00:00Z Stuart loves tiny boxwood topiaries with little colored flowers or herbs. Simple can be gorgeous when setting a holiday table 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z One of my favorite touches is the classic small boxwood wreath tied with ribbon and topped off with a sweet bow. This holiday season, add the perfect tabletop touches | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z A: If boxwoods start turning yellow or brown, the most common reasons are rotting in the roots from too much water or drought stress from lack of proper irrigation. What killed this boxwood? Experts provide advice to keep your garden thriving 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z Perry Wheeler, who helped design the Rose Garden and Washington National Cathedral’s Bishop’s Garden, and Andrea Filippone of F2 Environmental Design, a boxwood expert, have updated and revitalized the garden over the years. A Georgetown house of intriguing secrets has a delightful garden 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z The boxwoods died, and the rest of the garden descended into anarchy, choked with invasive winter creeper and littered with rubbish, empty bottles and used needles. She Wanted to Revive a Park. First She Had to Take On the Rats. 2020-03-14T04:00:00Z A hedge of Hydrangea arborescens ‘Annabelle’ smartly edged in clipped boxwood is as sophisticated as crisp white linen and an icy Pimm’s cocktail. A hydrangea how-to: These classics thrive in the Northwest, they’re beautiful, and easy to care for 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z Layer in boxwood wreaths as a charger alternative and top off your look with some additional greenery in your centerpiece. This holiday season, add the perfect tabletop touches | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z Exterior columns, verandah, historic trees, boxwoods, and plantings. Fearful that America could lose its national identity 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z Gardeners and landscapers should sanitize gardening tools between different plantings of boxwoods. W.Va. ag officials warn of fungal disease on boxwood shrubs 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z Brick walkways on both sides of the house lead to a brick patio and formal boxwood gardens with pea gravel paths. Gassaway-Feldmeyer House is a study in 19th-century Italianate architecture 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z At his house, instead of twinkling lights, rhododendrons, brass buckle, sprinter boxwood and heuchera black pearl celebrate the onset of winter. A Brooklyn ‘Green’ Builder and His Wonderwall 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z Boxwood blight produces dark brown leaf spots and causes rapid defoliation that sometimes kills young boxwoods. Disease attacking boxwood shrubs confirmed in Detroit area 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z Carley suggests adorning your holiday table with a variety of boxwood cuttings, evergreen sprigs and fresh-cut white hydrangeas to add texture, color and fragrance. A busy-person’s guide to holiday decorating | Produced by Advertising Publications 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z In retirement, Mr. Williams propagated boxwood, and over the years, he became a collector of antique clocks and the lead crystal vases used to adorn luxury automobiles. Irvin Williams, White House gardener who made Rose Garden bloom, dies at 92 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z Influenced by British garden design, Zolner knew she would create a knot garden there, and started with a formally designed boxwood hedge. A whimsical West Seattle garden is a colorful reflection of its owner’s life 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z The state Department of Natural Resources says an inspector found the boxwood blight fungus in early October on boxwoods at a store owned by a national home and garden chain. Fungal blight that infects boxwood shrubs found in Indiana 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z Boxwood blight affects all species of boxwood, but American boxwood and English boxwood are highly susceptible to the disease. Disease attacking boxwood shrubs confirmed in Detroit area 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z A boxwood hedge and lawn are to the west. A couple keeps busy with a wild garden on a sprawling Clyde Hill property 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z Author Tom Wolfe grew up in Richmond in the 1930s and ’40s in a small frame house that his father built and his parents lovingly landscaped with boxwoods and magnolias. ‘Absolute paradise’: Tom Wolfe’s idyllic Richmond childhood 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z So he kept the stacked-stone walls and Chinese elm, trimmed the privet hedge, added boxwood, then replaced a neglected lawn and overgrown shrubs with sedums, echeverias, aeoniums and agaves mulched with gravel. Looking for drought-garden inspiration? This L.A.-area tour is for you 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z The DNR’s Division of Entomology & Plant Pathology says investigators found that 23 of that chain’s stores across Indiana received shipments of infected boxwoods from an Oregon nursery. Fungal blight that infects boxwood shrubs found in Indiana 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z And in a limited space, “choose plants that grow slowly and keep their form,” Parker says, like boxwood roses or Japanese maples. How to make a small patio into a blooming garden | Produced by Advertising Publications 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z The interior courtyard, with its wisteria-covered loggia, boxwoods, fountain, swimming pool and multiple levels of brick patios and seating areas, became a regular fixture on Georgetown house-and-garden tours. The modern home that scandalized Georgetown 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z But the fact that the 58 sticks—made mostly of hard boxwood, but also of oak, ash, and juniper—were nearly identical convinced her that they were probably tools. Could these be the oldest Neandertal tools made with fire? 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z Lacy strands of lights dripped down plastic boxwood hedges, and a row of white fluted columns framed a velvety red strip of carpet. Is ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ the Most Radical Show on TV? 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z Those stores were required to pull their boxwood stock for disposal and to disinfect their garden areas. Fungal blight that infects boxwood shrubs found in Indiana 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z In sunnier locations a simple container with the variegated boxwood, Buxus sempervirens ‘Variegata’, is hard to beat for elegant beauty. Perfect picks for container-garden success in the Northwest | Provided By Northwest Flower and Garden Festival 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z The secluded 3.6-acre wooded lot includes several species of trees, including mature oaks, tulip poplars, flowering cherry, dogwoods, weeping cherry and English boxwoods. An English country manor in McLean lists for $3.25 million 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z With further digging, the researchers found tantalizing evidence of early fire use—nearly 60 partially burned digging sticks made mostly of boxwood. Could these be the oldest Neandertal tools made with fire? 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z She says it’s important to identify boxwood blight so it doesn’t spread. Plant clinic: Boxwood blight is the big concern this winter 2017-12-03T05:00:00Z The boxwood cultivar Graham Bland was found to be particularly infested with the blight, which creates dark leaf spots and causes rapid defoliation that sometimes kills young boxwoods. Fungal blight that infects boxwood shrubs found in Indiana 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z “They chased me into a thicket of boxwood, where I practically wet my pants in terror,” he wrote. Perspective | Readers scare up their memories of Georgetown’s ‘haunted’ Halcyon House 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z CALISTOGA, Calif. — There’s a peach tree still heavy with fruit behind the boxwood hedge of Hideaway Cottages, which promise “a unique place for rest and relaxation.” Ten miles of California’s loveliest countryside, transformed by fire 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z She sent the wreath stylist to cut pieces of boxwood she had noticed on the building’s roof terrace, and then winked at me as he went. Frances McDormand’s Difficult Women 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z A row of crepe myrtle trees shields the front of the house from the street, and boxwoods anchor the area near the foundation. A tweak — not a teardown — for that just-right house 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z A historic easement ensures that the original landscaping and the 20-foot boxwoods — some planted 200 years ago — remain intact. Oak Hill was a haven for Jefferson, Confederate cash 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z In England, they call this shrub “poor man’s box” because it takes well to shearing and is much easier to grow than fussy boxwood, making it the perfect replacement for use in hedges. Box leaf honeysuckle is a small, trouble-free shrub that looks great year-round 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z Or when the boat did such rescues as that of three teen boys who in 1931 were drifting “aimlessly” for four hours in Elliott Bay in “a rickety raft” with “paddles fashioned out of boxwood.” 98-year-old boat steals owner’s heart _ and life savings 2016-08-07T04:00:00Z “I didn’t even realize they ate boxwood,” O’Brien said. The slowest invasion: Non-native snails take over Northwest 2016-06-25T04:00:00Z Cost also wasn’t an issue for Cindy and Mike Newlin when they decided to put fake boxwood hedges in the landscaping at their Houston home this year. Knockoffs: Not Just for Handbags, but Home Decor Too 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z The trees in turn are ringed with dwarf boxwoods to lend a little formality to the riotous scene. A homeowner plants community in her Eastlake garden 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z Tall bay laurel hedges and sculpted boxwood globes screen the labyrinth from an adjacent driveway, creating “this lovely secret spot,” said landscape designer Sarah Keizer, of Andrea Cochran Landscape Architecture. Labyrinths Offer Homeowners a Pathway to Peace 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z He favors boxwood, which, he points out, deer don’t eat, and which can be left to grow into a loose, natural shrub or pruned into formal hedges or topiary. How to Plan a Garden That’s Beautiful Come Winter 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z The snails are feasting on her hostas, and she recently discovered them in her boxwood shrubs. The slowest invasion: Non-native snails take over Northwest 2016-06-25T04:00:00Z Then she began “adding bones and architecture,” as she puts it, planting smokebush and an apple tree for height as well as boxwood and blue spruce for color. At Home With Artist and Landscape Designer Paula Hayes 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z The formal garden has a shaded brick patio and an ornamental, clipped boxwood hedge, which, like the rest of the house, is largely Jeannette’s domain. Jeff Wall’s Unique Photographic Vision 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z They were beautifully shaped and delicately carved and had been made in beech and boxwood... A Point of View: The enduring relevance of Eric Ambler's spy novels - BBC News 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z Next door, at No. 60, a pot on the doorstep held a mostly dead shrub — a boxwood, perhaps, that looked dry and yellow. Champion of Gardens in New York Savors a Lush Victory Lap 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z And when he talks about boxwoods, they sound like dear friends. Lessons from Garden Designer Edmund Hollander’s Own Unassuming Oasis 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z Between two high-traffic walkways, however, planting beds and boxwood hedgerows will form small wells and islands that are intended as oases of calm. In Liberty Park, a Leafy Refuge for a Neighborhood Beset by Construction 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z But the 550-acre estate offers beautiful views, boxwood gardens and a number of restored outbuildings that help paint a picture of what life was like two centuries ago. A guide to Virginia’s presidential estates and plantations 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z At the rear of the church, the cemetery is surrounded by a rock wall and the growth from centuries-old English boxwood. Greensboro church among oldest in city, going back to 1756 2015-05-09T04:00:00Z The crosses bearing these figures may be carved from osage orange wood, boxwood or elm. Artist makes crucifix art pieces at St. Anthony hospitals 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z The dining room leads to a beautifully landscaped boxwood courtyard. The sweet sell of success: These are the top 10 most expensive homes sold in the D.C. region in 2014 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z They glued teddy bears and candy canes to boxwood wreaths. Three-time cancer survivor helps decorate White House for holidays 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z Those visitors will get to see the 420-pound gingerbread White House and the 26 trees that are set up around the tour route and the boxwood trellises and garlanded mantels. The White House celebrates the holidays with a tree too big to fit through the door Other pluses: the stone benches, charming statuary and lush plants — among them hostas, ferns and boxwood. Dream Spaces: 10 Secluded Garden Nooks 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z The box huckleberry gets its name from the resemblance of its short, shiny leaves to the common boxwood. An 800-Year-Old Shot of Youth 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z This 9,700-square-foot estate, built in 1935 and renovated in 2006, has seven bedrooms, eight full baths and four half baths, along with terraces, a courtyard surrounded by boxwoods and a swimming pool. Ten eye-popping homes on the market right now He used "classical plants," he says, like yew and boxwood. Inside Louis Benech's Gardens 2014-05-02T11:21:05Z Guided largely by intuition, he set about testing thousands of carbonaceous materials—boxwood, coconut shell, hairs cut from his laboratory assistant's beard. How Supercomputers Will Yield a Golden Age of Materials Science 2013-11-25T13:15:00.723Z The insects favored the apple, pear, and boxwood used for woodcarvings. Holey Art Reveals Beetle Boundaries 2012-11-21T00:15:00Z "Come in," she said hospitably, as she opened a gate set superfluously into the low boxwood hedge. Mrs. Balfame A Novel 2012-04-15T02:00:04.827Z Backstaff, or Davis Quadrant, about 1760-1770, made of dark wood with scales and sights of boxwood, 25 in. long, 14 in. wide at large arc and 5 in. wide at small arc. Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers 2012-03-15T02:00:31.610Z When they could not find him in the house, they thrust their bayonets into the great boxwood bush that is still to be seen in the rear of the mansion. Historic Shrines of America Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made Them Notable 2012-03-08T03:00:11.013Z If the student does not care to go to the expense of ivory or boxwood scales, he can get paper ones very cheap, which will be quite sufficient for his purpose. An Introduction to Machine Drawing and Design 2012-03-06T03:00:25.777Z At the farther extremity is an ebonite or boxwood collar ending in a rather wider metal ring. Electric Bells and All About Them A Practical Book for Practical Men 2012-03-06T03:00:25.273Z Parkinson said that the leaves and dust of boxwood "boyld in lye" would make hair to be "of an Aborne or Abraham color"—that is, auburn. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z Backstaff, or Davis Quadrant, of dark wood with boxwood scales and vanes. Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers 2012-03-15T02:00:31.610Z The wood is very hard, close-grained, and tough, and is used as a substitute for boxwood in the making of bobbins and shuttles for weaving, and also in cabinet-work. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z You may be sure there was joy in the household when the nest in the boxwood contained baby chippies one morning—not a trace of eggshells which had been carried away early. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z It will not be long before the wood engraver will have to buy his blocks by the pound, as he does the eastern boxwood. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z "Hang it! leave your boxwood and the Billi Tower alone; answer the question I asked you." The Barber of Paris 2011-09-18T02:00:25.547Z The restaurant’s terrace, though, is all high design, with sleek furniture and giant globes of boxwood perched in outsize wooden planters, like something from the queen’s croquet ground in “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.” | Outdoors: September on a Patio: Bring a Sweater and Enjoy 2011-09-10T02:04:08Z He had walked alone, perhaps an hour, when he was startled by the sight of the Princess, emerging from the shade of a tall boxwood tree, leading two horses. An I.D.B. in South Africa 2011-08-31T02:01:33.733Z How we hope they will find their way back to the boxwood tree from the Gulf States next April! Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Lightly polished, or waxed, the cheap foreign oaks often produce very agreeable results, especially when there is applied to them a simple inlay of boxwood and stained holly, or a modern form of pewter. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z By the clump of protecting boxwood at the end of the Marine Parade she had come upon him. The ghosts of their ancestors 2011-08-08T02:00:20.667Z The shuttle, made of boxwood and shaped like a little boat, held in its hollow the “quill” or bobbin carrying the weft. In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z The children always have their own table, with miniature dishes ornamented with boxwood, a lamb in candy, colored eggs, etc. The Journal of Countess Fran?oise Krasinska Great Grandmother of Victor Emmanuel 2011-07-10T02:00:25.767Z The girls got the habit of going there to plant flowers and to tend them and grew to love the shaded walks, the deep boxwood hedges, the quiet, sweetly perfumed air. The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z The Greeks and Romans used combs made of boxwood, which they obtained as we do, from the shores of the Euxine Sea, and the mountain-ridge of Cytorus, in Galatia. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 2011-07-02T02:00:11.323Z The tube is fixed to a boxwood cistern, which is plugged with very porous cane at the top, to allow of the ready influence of a variation in atmospheric pressure upon the mercury. A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility 2011-06-19T02:00:15.717Z The streets are from eighty to one hundred feet wide and bordered with maple, elm and boxwood trees. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z During several days meat and pastry are prepared, and on Holy Saturday the tables are set, with the symbolical lamb in the middle, and every dish garnished with sprays of boxwood. The Journal of Countess Fran?oise Krasinska Great Grandmother of Victor Emmanuel 2011-07-10T02:00:25.767Z He came upon them suddenly behind a boxwood hedge. The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z These details came to him afterward; he did not even see at that time the magnolias and roses that grew in profusion, nor the once trim boxwood hedges and once active fountain. Sons and Fathers 2011-05-16T02:00:19.893Z The cistern is made of boxwood, which is sufficiently porous to allow the atmosphere to influence the mercurial column; but the top is plugged with porous cane, to admit of free and certain play. A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility 2011-06-19T02:00:15.717Z A little table covered with a white cloth, and holding salt, and sprigs of boxwood was placed just within the open door. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z Fourth, that the best of timber, consisting of fir, pine, and boxwood, is to be brought in great plenty, to beautify the place of His sanctuary, and make the place of His feet glorious. A Voice of Warning An introduction to the faith and doctrine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 2011-03-13T03:00:21.363Z Think of what the fine villa of Pliny would have been, with its boxwood bowers and floating dishes, under the press of such crusaders! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 2011-02-11T03:00:30.570Z Dumas said much the same thing when he described it as “that world of automata, of statues, and boxwood forests, called Versailles.” Dumas' Paris 2011-02-02T03:00:23.057Z Divers retrieved several tin containers, 136 vials made of boxwood, a locker and medical tools. Ship wreck reveals ancient secrets of medicine 2011-01-31T22:31:01Z Rigolette's apartment was still in all its extreme nicety; the large silver watch placed over the mantelpiece, in a small boxwood stand, denoted the hour of four. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 4 of 6 On the stone mantelpiece, painted gray marble, there were, for ornaments, two pots of common flowers, covered in with green moss; a small case of boxwood contained a silver watch instead of a pendule. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 2 of 6 Then, in strange contrast, a holy branch of boxwood, bought at church by the ogress, was suspended at the back of an old cuckoo clock. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 1 of 6 The other source of the ordinary boxwood of commerce is B. balearica, which yields the variety known as Turkey boxwood. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" "To be sure I can if you let me," said Billy, producing a very ancient lancet-case of boxwood tipped with ivory. The Fortunes Of Glencore I have distinct remembrances of my uncle Richard; I remember his big beard, and a boxwood top he gave me. Lafcadio Hearn Under her supervision, the boxwoods were transplanted into a great semicircle behind the house, the level of the lawn was raised, and retaining walls were placed at several points. Green Spring Farm Fairfax County, Virginia "Why, mother," said Rodolph to the old hag, "you have got some holy boxwood, I see, over your cuckoo," and he pointed with his finger to the consecrated bough behind the old clock. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 1 of 6 Mahogany and satinwood were the woods most frequently employed, and they were occasionally inlaid with marqueterie or edged with boxwood. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" This composition is worked in a hot state into moulds of boxwood, and so pressed in as to take up every ornamental detail. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" "Its boxwood garden, its splendid lawns, its stables, accommodating twenty-five horses—" "Yes, if they don't lean up against the sides." Come Out of the Kitchen! A Romance In the rear, a semicircular screen of boxwood frames the lawn. Green Spring Farm Fairfax County, Virginia The boxwood she planted still grows there, as well as the flowers of her time. Legends of the Skyline Drive and the Great Valley of Virginia The use of boxwood for turnery and musical instruments is mentioned by Pliny, Virgil and Ovid. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" Space would fail to tell of the many beautiful little pieces of sculpture which Dürer executed in ivory, boxwood, and stone, or of the numerous excellently designed medals ascribed to him. Dürer Artist-Biographies He had just seen lying flat on the mantelpiece a paper-bound volume, a modern work, the boxwood paper-knife which had served to cut its pages still thrust between the leaves. Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels In the olden days the young princes were closely confined in a part of the seraglio known as the Chimshirlick, or "boxwood shrubbery." Oriental Women The block should be of boxwood or hard metal—soft metal will not do. Paper and Printing Recipes A Handy Volume of Practical Recipes, Concerning the Every-Day Business of Stationers, Printers, Binders, and the Kindred Trades Like all persons in her condition, she is monstrously clever; carves the most beautiful little groups in boxwood, and models in clay and plaster. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life Many of the schools, churches, and private homes in this area are landscaped with American and English boxwood which the Willards grew as a hobby. A History of the Town of Fairfax He put the boxwood pipe to his lips,—so clumsy was it that it looked as if the gardener had fashioned it himself,—and preluded with a few strange runs. Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels Among the Greeks and Romans they were made of boxwood, and in Egypt also of ivory. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" The pins of a later date than the above were made of boxwood, bone, ivory, and some few of silver. The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries Lower still, British graves, and in the earth around the ivory and boxwood skewers that had fastened the Saxons' woollen shrouds. Old and New London Volume I When the land was bought for development, hundreds of boxwood bushes became dispersed throughout the town and its environs. A History of the Town of Fairfax All the growing things associated with old gardens are there—the lilacs, boxwood, magnolias, lemon trees, iris, syringa, lilies, jonquils, jasmine, honeysuckle—and General Lee's remembered snowballs. Seaport in Virginia George Washington's Alexandria Off she went, heedlessly going forward through the clumps of boxwood and brooms; she went everywhere; up hill, and down dale. Letters from my Windmill Then spread the stuff over boxwood with a brush. Intarsia and Marquetry He put in his collars, his slippers, his sketch-books and pencils, some of his engraving tools, and a few blocks of boxwood, his silver-mounted flute, and a book for Amaryllis. Amaryllis at the Fair I was then about twenty—photographing a drawing on to wood was unknown, and process work was not invented—all drawings were made on boxwood and engraved by hand. The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1 Schoolboys call tops made of boxwood, boxers; while the inferior ones, which are generally made of beechwood, they call bacons. Notes and Queries, Number 194, July 16, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc And there were the two goats; and the urn was there, and in it were two lots of boxwood, and Ben Gamla made them of gold, and they commemorated him as praiseworthy. Hebrew Literature A 15th century MS. says:—"Take boxwood, and lay in oil with sulphur for a night, then let it stew for an hour, and it will become as black as coal." Intarsia and Marquetry Nor is any inconsistence shown in the fact that the green olive branch is afterward mentioned, for certain trees are evergreen, as the boxwood, fir, pine, cedar, laurel, olive, palm and others. Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II Luther on Sin and the Flood This tree passes by the very unapt vernacular name Yellow Box-tree, though no portion of it is yellow, not even its wood, and though the latter resembles the real boxwood in no way whatever. Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia At length a gentleman made his appearance on the scene—a fat man with a face of the colour of boxwood, the manners of a devotee, and a suit of black clothes. Sentimental Education, Volume II The History of a Young Man Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; they have made thy benches of ivory inlaid in boxwood, from the isles of Kittim. Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature Mother Michel went down to the garden and there found Faribole alone, seated upon a bench, and with a preoccupied air stripping the leaves from a branch of boxwood which he held in his hand. The Story of a Cat But before embarking on this phase of my subject it may be interesting for a moment to go a little deeper into the earlier stages of this marvellous change from boxwood to zinc. Outdoor Sketching Four Talks Given before the Art Institute of Chicago; The Scammon Lectures, 1914 The natural keys are veneered with boxwood and have arcaded boxwood fronts. Italian Harpsichord-Building in the 16th and 17th Centuries The cone differs from the others of this group in its yellow color, not unlike that of boxwood. The Genus Pinus The charcoal of the heavy hardwoods, as lignum-vitæ, boxwood, oak, are the best; and these, as to quality, range in the order given. The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources Behind the house was the garden, a peaceful old-world spot, with its prim gravelled paths, boxwood borders, holly hedges, and wealth of vegetables, fruit, and flowers. Two Little Travellers A Story for Girls They would, therefore, measure as accurately as a rule of boxwood or ivory. The Boy Tar Dürer executed many little carvings in stone, ivory, and boxwood, and the existing ones are seen in various collections in Germany. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture Sometimes a comb made of boxwood was inlaid with ivory, and delicately pierced panels were inserted in the centre of the comb. Chats on Household Curios In the Colonel's big, old-fashioned garden, with its trim borders of boxwood, one would find on summer days the old and the halt sunning themselves. The Story of General Gordon He made many exquisite little carvings in stone, ivory, and boxwood, and in these articles the result of his work as a goldsmith is best seen. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture The wood of the tree has a fine, close grain, and has been experimented with as a substitute for boxwood for engraving purposes, but it is too soft to stand the pressure of printing. Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture There they procure pots and pans from the pansy bed, a goose from the gooseberry bush, a chick from the chickweed, corn from the cornflower, and eat on a box from the boxwood hedge. Blue Bonnet in Boston or, Boarding-School Days at Miss North's In the Victoria and Albert Museum there are some beautiful boxwood needle sticks; one example is cleverly carved with emblems of Faith, Hope, and Charity. Chats on Household Curios The moving end of the quartz is attached to a small boxwood slider working on a tubular girder or between wires. On Laboratory Arts The drums call you, and the Berecyntian boxwood of the mother of Ida; leave arms to men, and lay down the sword.' The Aeneid of Virgil Who ever heard of people burning boxwood in Paris, father? In Kings' Byways English pictorial relief prints for book illustration in the first decades of the 18th century had one characteristic in common; they were almost all done with the engraver’s burin on type metal or end-grain boxwood. John Baptist Jackson 18th-Century Master of the Color Woodcut The modern hand brace becomes more realistic, and its origin understood at a glance when we examine the old hand brace of turned and carved boxwood, dated 1642, in that collection. Chats on Household Curios She stopped at a gateway formed by a gap in a hedge of spicy scented boxwood that paralleled the sidewalk. Spring Street A Story of Los Angeles The moon stood high and clear now, the tiled roofs shone mistily, and from some near-by garden came the perfume of boxwood and roses. The Lure of the Mask "Michel," I said at last, addressing the doyen of my secretaries, who chanced to be a Provençal "have you ever seen a boxwood fire?" In Kings' Byways Wiser than their masters they had crawled beneath the shade, scanty as it was, of the boxwood trees, and stood there patiently waiting—For what? The Moving Finger A Trotting Christmas Eve at Warwingie Lost! The Loss of the "Vanity" Dick Stanesby's Hutkeeper The Yanyilla Steeplechase A Digger's Christmas Then, in a solid line, they deliberately walked up to the old house—through the path lined with boxwood over the little flower garden. The Motor Girls Through New England or, Held by the Gypsies He went slowly to the opening in the hedge of boxwood that lined the sidewalk in front of Consuello's artistic little dream home and turned into the pathway between the patches of rosebushes. Spring Street A Story of Los Angeles It was an old garden, filled with boxwood walks and flowers run wild. The Tory Maid There was a high boxwood hedge in front of us. Love Among the Chickens A Story of the Haps and Mishaps on an English Chicken Farm It was still very hot, but the shadows of the boxwood trees had grown longer, and there was just a promise of the coming night in the air. The Moving Finger A Trotting Christmas Eve at Warwingie Lost! The Loss of the "Vanity" Dick Stanesby's Hutkeeper The Yanyilla Steeplechase A Digger's Christmas The final polish can soon be imparted by means of a small boxwood slip, or flattened peg-wood, and diamantine and alcohol. A Treatise on Staff Making and Pivoting Containing Complete Directions for Making and Fitting New Staffs from the Raw Material He felt his way through the lilacs, along the boxwood hedge, up to the south wing of the “Big House,” where Miss Nellie d’Arnault practiced the piano every morning. My Ántonia And then, having come to some boxwood alleys, she slipped away and left Mistress Jean and me alone. The Tory Maid Many of Bewick’s blocks are veritable paintings on boxwood, and are as much classical works of art as work by Josiah Wedgwood, and his able coadjutor, J. Flaxman are in Fine Art. Banbury Chap Books And Nursery Toy Book Literature The rose trellis and elaborate scheme of flower beds and the boxwood hedges told the story of wealth and culture and high social position. The Victim A romance of the Real Jefferson Davis After the work is brought to a smooth gray surface, slips of boxwood of the shape shown in Fig. A Treatise on Staff Making and Pivoting Containing Complete Directions for Making and Fitting New Staffs from the Raw Material So gleams the ivory, inlaid with care In chest of terebinth, or boxwood scrine; And o'er his milk-white neck and shoulders fair, 172 Twined with the pliant gold, streams down the warrior's hair. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor An old fifteenth century recipe says: "Take boxwood and lay in oil with sulphur for a night, then let it stew for an hour, and it will become as black as coal." Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance The boxwood, brought from England when that was the mother country, met across the turf walks. Honey-Sweet His mahogany face bleached to sickly boxwood, and his eyes looked like pale balls of stone about to leap from their sockets. The House by the Church-Yard She could never steal suddenly through the boxwood hedge which hid the paling fence at that side of the hired yard, and frighten the peacocks so that they would spread their tails proudly. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 31, No. 1, May 1908 Originally the bridge was of boxwood, with two fishes carved on it—that was the zodiacal sign of my birthday, February—which was a good sign. Great Violinists And Pianists We were on a walk bordered by a hedge of boxwood, shoulder high. The Colonel of the Red Huzzars At last she wandered toward a great clump of boxwood near a side gate. Honey-Sweet In this mould, which is strongly made of steel, lined with boxwood to diminish the passage of conducted heat, is a quantity of ice which I compress when I force in this plunger. The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays Then, the Radical Judge seemed to know bushels and bushels of fairy-stories; and when they came near the boxwood hedge, Hope Carolina would sometimes hear him begin a new one. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 31, No. 1, May 1908 And yet with all its oriental hue There is a touch of Holland, Of canals at Loo, Where Orange William planned a boxwood maze. Carolina Chansons Legends of the Low Country Indeed, but for Moore's vaulting the boxwood after him, it is likely no one would have suspected anything unusual. The Colonel of the Red Huzzars He watched the Gray Man steal along the ridge, lingering in boxwood paths and in the orchard. Kenny He walked up the graveled path, between the rows of tall green boxwood, and suddenly a vision rose before him. In Friendship's Guise This brief explanation seemed to satisfy the little hunchback, and he lighted his blackened boxwood pipe, which was hanging over his chin. The Man-Wolf and Other Tales "Good-bye," he said, standing by the boxwood arch. Katrine Oh, stay! the boxwood there in the garden was planted by Charlotte's own hands—perhaps you would like a sprig of it—there, I thought you would! Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 02 Little Journeys To the Homes of Famous Women The old garden was cut into squares by noble walks bordered by boxwood, high like a hedge. Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 The bobbin was a large one, and was placed in a soapbox of boxwood, with magnet core and iron diaphragm. Scientific American Supplement, No. 520, December 19, 1885 The men are round and flat, and are usually made of boxwood or ebony and ivory, one set being white and the other black. My Book of Indoor Games He wore a light overcoat over his evening dress, and stood hatless by the boxwood arch looking across at her. Katrine Originally an alley where a game was played with a mail, a strong, iron-bound club, with long, flexible handle, and a ball of boxwood. Publications of the Scottish History Society, Volume 36 Journals of Sir John Lauder Lord Fountainhall with His Observations on Public Affairs and Other Memoranda 1665-1676 Not far from the hedges of boxwood the lips of the lettuce radiated mute words while a low light clung about the shadow of the sleeping watering-pots. Romance of the Rabbit While looking at him more closely, as he was eating with a voracious appetite, I saw that he was faint, and of a hue like boxwood. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 In making, take two pieces of wood, preferably of contrasting colors, such as cherry and walnut or mahogany and boxwood, about 1-1/2 in. square and of any length desired. The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do Across from the three-story stone building is a brick house set well back from the highway, surrounded by shrubbery, and approached by a gravel walk bordered by old-fashioned boxwood hedges. Two Thousand Miles on an Automobile Being a Desultory Narrative of a Trip Through New England, New York, Canada, and the West, By "Chauffeur" It is of carved oak, inlaid with ebony and boxwood, and was probably made by an Italian workman. Illustrated History of Furniture From the Earliest to the Present Time Elihu Titus was also rendered nervous, and was safely on the ground before the car yielded to the invincible mass of a boxwood hedge that had been forty years in growing. The Wrong Twin Now, too, ere the trees come into leaf, is the time to seek the boxwood, called, I hope improperly, by the ominous name of the Southern dogwood. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860 Twenty-four of these to be turned up in the best-seasoned boxwood! The Red Thumb Mark Miss Panney, with overshoes on and a little shawl about her, for the mornings were beginning to be cool, was walking up and down between two rows of old-fashioned boxwood bushes. The Girl at Cobhurst Indeed, Mr. Rogers was a very notable designer and carver of this time; he had introduced his famous boxwood carvings about seven years previously. Illustrated History of Furniture From the Earliest to the Present Time But he took her hand, and they came by sunny alleys of boxwood to a great plane tree, bearing at wondrous height a mighty wealth of branches. The Man Between, an International Romance They were made out of boxwood hedges and seemed to be guarding the grounds with a sort of green ferocity. Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates The impressions of the maids 'on the cakes are of a primitive character, and are made by boxwood dies cut in 1814. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine On each side of the drive grew straight lines of boxwood, and back of this hedge were beautiful flowers, shining out grandly now in the July sun. The Bobbsey Twins in the Country The fields were full of tulips and narcissuses, and the rocks by the roadside were covered with boxwood and lavender. James Nasmyth: Engineer; an autobiography Sam kept pace with her on his side of the carefully trimmed boxwood barrier. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise He felt his way through the lilacs, along the boxwood hedge, up to the south wing of the Big House, where Miss Nellie d'Arnault practised the piano every morning. My Antonia The women, on the contrary, wore their hair "a la pompadour;" the coarse kinky locks were sometimes a foot or more above their heads, and trained square or round like a boxwood bush. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue "Hoe" excavators, pluggers, forceps, pliers, corundum disks and burrs, even the boxwood mallet that Trina was never to use again, all were laid out and ready for immediate use. McTeague They were camped among low boxwood trees, a hot dry night, wind soft and stars very brilliant, when the Irishman turned in his sleeping-bag and abruptly woke. The Centaur The following woods are those which have, from time to time, been proposed or experimented upon as substitutes for boxwood, for engraving purposes. Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885 At the performance of the 'Record of the boxwood hairpin,' at which all the inmates of the household were present, Pao-yü and his female cousins sat together. Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books He must always have the very best wood, no matter the cost, and it was only the whitest, smoothest and glossiest boxwood that satisfied him. In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" In practically no time the tiny room presented quite another appearance; on a little table a candle was burning beside a glass full of holy water into which a sprig of boxwood was dipped. L'Assommoir His appetite had quite departed, so he turned his chair around and looked out of the window at the boxwood bushes and the trees beyond. The Ghost of Guir House For several years past the gradual diminution in the supplies of boxwood, and the deterioration in its quality, have occupied the attention of hardwood merchants, of engravers, and of scientific men. Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885 The play acted on that occasion was, "The record of the boxwood hair-pin." Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books The Greeks and Romans made their combs of boxwood, much of which was imported from Paphlagonia. The Captiva and the Mostellaria They went into the little room to make the sign of the cross and sprinkle some holy water with the boxwood sprig. L'Assommoir She led the way through the back of the house out into the old-fashioned yard, where boxwood bushes and chrysanthemums, together with other autumnal flowers, adorned the beds. The Ghost of Guir House The question, therefore, of finding suitable substitutes for boxwood divides itself into two branches, first, directly for engraving purposes, and, secondly, to supply its place for the other uses to which it is now put. Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885 In her admiration of Betty, Bobby had unconsciously edged after her to keep her in sight, and the startled audience saw the heroine being persistently pursued by a pretty boxwood tree. Betty Gordon at Boarding School The Treasure of Indian Chasm "It has so many of those little boxwood Hedges," said Aunt Alice, looking out of the window, "that you might call it The Boxwood House." Patty at Home Lines of boxwood hedge grew along the graveled drive, and back of this hedge were beds of beautiful flowers, the perfume of which could be smelled this warm, August day. The Bobbsey Twins at Meadow Brook "Perfectly!" he answered, seating himself by her side, where he looked out of a low French window opening upon a garden with boxwood borders and a few belated blossoms. The Ghost of Guir House This, to a certain extent, might set free some of the boxwood so used, and leave it available for the higher purposes of art. Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885 And, catching his hand as impulsively as a startled child, she drew him behind a hedge of boxwood. The Desired Woman Then she took the lard out of a jar under the shelves with a boxwood spatula, gently adding small quantities to the fatty heap, which began to melt and run slightly. The Fat and the Thin I have here a number of boxwood balls resting in a wooden tray which has a bell hung at the end of it. The Fairy-Land of Science At the last of the boxwood trees he stopped, and then, in an agony of horror, beheld the roofless ruin of the old house as Ah Ben had shown it to him. The Ghost of Guir House A report, dated at about the same period from Trebizond, points out that the Porte had prohibited the cutting of boxwood in the crown forests. Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885 He peered above a clump of boxwood like a thief, upon grounds to which he was unaccustomed, and watched them as they got into the trap. The Desired Woman They were almost in the little grove and it was between there and the boxwood that touched the side porch of Lenox that this hidden thing must be. Jane Allen, Junior The expansion when fired drove the boxwood into the centre of the bullet, which of necessity took the rifling. Wild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa and America — Volume 1 The first sheaf, called the “Cross of the Horse,” is placed on a cross of boxwood in the barn, and the youngest horse on the farm must tread on it. The Golden Bough Later on, the British Consul at Tiflis says: "Bona fide Caucasian boxwood may be said to be commercially non-existent, almost every marketable tree having been exported." Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885 Crouching hastily behind a boxwood hedge, I watched St. Auban—for I guessed that he it was—as he leaned out and gazed skywards. The Suitors of Yvonne: being a portion of the memoirs of the Sieur Gaston de Luynes Then, just as a strange figure turned from the big boxwood bumper into the lane, Jane escaped. Jane Allen, Junior The Boxer bullet superseded the boxwood plug by the use of a piece of burnt clay, which was less expensive and equally serviceable. Wild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa and America — Volume 1 The boxwood hedge, being twice my height and fully two feet thick, entirely screened the speakers from my sight. The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and mighty Agostino D'Anguissola, tyrant of Mondolfo and Lord of Carmina in the state of Piacenza In the Gardeners' Chronicle for September 25, of that year, page 398, it is said that the boxwood forests of Mingrelia in the Caucasian range were almost exhausted. Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885 Close by rose a pile of beechwood clogs, tops and boxwood flutes. The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography But Time and Nature had smoothed the lawns to a velvet surface, had thickened the handsome boxwood hedges, and thrust up those black spear-like poplars that completed the very Italianate appearance of that Cornish demesne. The Sea-Hawk The hollow base fitted upon a cone of boxwood pointed at the insertion, but broad at the base, which was larger than the diameter of the hollow in the bullet. Wild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa and America — Volume 1 The intervening space is beautified on both sides with dwarf plane-trees; beyond these is the acanthus-tree that is supple and flexible to the hand, and there are more boxwood figures and names. Letters of the Younger Pliny, First Series — Volume 1 The boxwood also must not be piled upon the ground, but be well skidded under, so as to be kept quite free from the effects of any damp from the soil. Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885 I have written thee that she went away secretly; but when going she left me a cross which she put together from twigs of boxwood. Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero THE Governor had brought with him from London the year before, a set of boxwood bowls, and had made, between his house and the fort, a noble green. To Have and to Hold By an avenue of boxwood and yoke-elm he entered into an open glade, in the middle of which there was a circle where the intended statue of Venus was never placed. The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series Helen evidently knew where she was as soon as she touched the boxwood hedges, and made many signs which I did not understand. The Story of my life; with her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, by John Albert Macy It has been recommended as a substitute for boxwood for engraving, and trials should, therefore, be made with it. Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885 That little cross of boxwood twigs which she had left reminded him of her,—that cross, which he had placed in the lararium and revered involuntarily as something divine. Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero She paused at the top, by the boxwood hedge, as if she were very tired, and stood looking at them. One of Ours "Who ever heard of people burning boxwood in Paris, father?" Stories By English Authors: France (Selected by Scribners) Even in the days before my teacher came, I used to feel along the square stiff boxwood hedges, and, guided by the sense of smell would find the first violets and lilies. The Story of my life; with her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, by John Albert Macy First among the substitutes that have been proposed to replace boxwood may be mentioned an invention of Mr. Edward Badoureau, referred to in the Gardeners' Chronicle, March 23, 1878, p. Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885 They took the mule-yoke from the peg on which it hung, a yoke of boxwood with a knob on the top of it and rings for the reins to go through. The Iliad A wall of very old boxwoods stood green against a row of dead Lombardy poplars. One of Ours "Michel," I said at last, addressing the doyen of my secretaries, who chanced to be a Provencal, "have you ever seen a boxwood fire?" Stories By English Authors: France (Selected by Scribners) She did not heed the line of the hounds, but turned straight down the boxwood ride; and, after that, led as I followed. From the Memoirs of a Minister of France The best work here is entirely done from boxwood, and some Cornus florida is used for less expensive engraving. Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885 Smiles were smiled over the boxwood hedge, and little hands were occasionally kissed to me; but I only winked my eye patronizingly, and passed on. The Story of a Bad Boy It was then that Hotchkiss fell over one of the two stone urns which, with tall boxwood trees in them, mounted guard at each side of the door. The Man in Lower Ten "Of boxwood, to be sure," I replied, in a louder tone. Stories By English Authors: France (Selected by Scribners) Along the parapet were rows of geometrical boxwood plants in bright red crocks, and the flaps of a crimson and white tent had been thrown open, showing lights within, and rugs, wicker chairs, and cushions. When a Man Marries Next to these costly articles are Wands with a gold or copper core, a wire, in fact, cased with ebony, boxwood, rosewood, cedar or sandalwood. The Light of Egypt; or, the science of the soul and the stars — Volume 2 Every thick place in the boxwood hedge that surrounded the seminary was a possible post-office. The Story of a Bad Boy On his back was an almost empty bag, and he held in his hand a boxwood stick, cut from the tall broad hedges of that shrub, which is so frequent in Lower Normandy. The Recruit But one morning his paper gave out, and for lack of it he took up a boxwood paper-knife lying near and began work on it. Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 1 The tent gleamed, a starlit ghost of itself, and the boxwoods bent in the breeze. When a Man Marries On the right, among big boxwood trees, a semicircular stone bench. Cyrano De Bergerac "Here, excellency," said Peppino, offering him a little blunt knife and a boxwood fork. The Count of Monte Cristo The chapel opens by a little side door on to a colonnade which is wreathed with autumn leaves, and is lost to view a little farther on in the right-hand foreground behind the boxwood. Cyrano De Bergerac The green boxwood and yews stand out dark. Cyrano De Bergerac A faint reflection of the street lights made it possible to distinguish the outlines of the boxwood plants, swaying in the wind, and the chimneys and the tent. When a Man Marries |
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