| Publications To accomplish its educational objectives the ABS publishes a quarterly, The Boxwood Bulletin. The Bulletin disseminates pertinent information acquired on Buxus, including all aspects of scientific, horticultural and commercial knowledge, and occasionally includes information on allied genera of the Buxaceae family. Newly Revised Boxwood Handbook available! (click for info)Back issues of The Boxwood Bulletin (thru Vol. 44), published quarterly since 1961, each issue contains a rich variety of boxwood information on care, landscape use, history, tours, lectures, and gardens with boxwood
Price: $10.00 per issueThe ABS also produces occasional special publications. Publications now available for sale include the following:The Buyer's Guide (5th Edition) is a source book for those seeking particular cultivars and it includes the Registration List of Buxus L., which can also be purchased separately. It is a 32-page source book for locating 50 different types of boxwood from over 300 nurseries and suppliers in 40 different states and countries
Cost: $10.00 International Registration List of Cultivated Buxus L. is an authoritative guide listing all the valid boxwood cultivars with their first valid citation. Common names and synonyms for boxwood are also listed.
Price: $5.00 each (not currently available, it is being updated and reprinted.)Index to The Boxwood Bulletin 1961-1986 is a 56-page, comprehensive, subject-author index covering the first 25-years of The Boxwood Bulletin published by the American Boxwood Society. Covering 100 issues, it lists topics such as: boxwood plants, culture, diseases, pests, history, pruning, winter damage, watering, gardens and much more.
Price: $10.00 Index to The Boxwood Bulletin 1986 - 1991 is a 12-page, five-year supplemental index for The Boxwood Bulletin.
Price: $5.00 Index to The Boxwood Bulletin 1991-1996 is an 8-page, five-year supplemental index for The Boxwood Bulletin.
Price: $5.00 Boxwood Handbook: A Practical Guide ( 3rd Edition) is an authoritative guide to boxwood culture written by Lynn R. Batdorf, Curator of Boxwood, Perennial and Aquatic Plants at the U.S. National Arboretum in Washington, D.C. and International Cultivar Registration Authority on Buxus L. and ABS Registrar.
This 123-page color book has chapters on:1) the history of boxwood
2) recommended boxwood with descriptions,
3) boxwood in the landscape
4)culture including pruning, transplanting, site conditions
5) propagation
6) pests
7) disease 91 color photos Price: $27.00 includes postage *********************************************************************************************
All orders must include full payment in the form of a check or money order in U.S. currency. Publications may be ordered from: Treasurer, American Boxwood Society
P. 0. Box 85
Boyce, VA 22620-0085
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