. A description and history of vegetable substances, used in the arts, and in domestic economy . ugh we generally meet with a smallspecies in this country, in the state of a shrub,forming borders, where the largest stem is notthicker than a packthread, or, when not in thisstate, still as a little shrub often tastelessly cut intofantastic shapes. Only two species of box are men-tioned by botanists; but there are several varieties,and one of them, the Dwarf Box (Bums suffru-ticosd) ought, perhaps, to be considered as a dis-tinct species from the Common Box (Buxus semper-virens), and not merely a
. A description and history of vegetable substances, used in the arts, and in domestic economy . ugh we generally meet with a smallspecies in this country, in the state of a shrub,forming borders, where the largest stem is notthicker than a packthread, or, when not in thisstate, still as a little shrub often tastelessly cut intofantastic shapes. Only two species of box are men-tioned by botanists; but there are several varieties,and one of them, the Dwarf Box (Bums suffru-ticosd) ought, perhaps, to be considered as a dis-tinct species from the Common Box (Buxus semper-virens), and not merely a variety, as no art has beenable to rear the former to the size of the seeds of the one were never observed by Millerto produce plants of the other, as is the case withmost varieties of species in the vegetable kingdom,more especially of trees and shrubs. When allowed to arrive at its full growth, the boxattains the height of twelve or fifteen feet, and thetrunk varies in diameter from three to six inches,which it sometimes, though rarely, exceeds. p 2 160 VEGETABi:.E Burus sempervirens. It is a native of all the middle and southern partsof Europe ; and it is found in greater abundance andof a larger size in the countries on the west of Asia,to the south of the mountains of Caucasus. Inmany parts of Fiance it is also plentiful, thoughgenerally in the character of a shrub. In earlytimes it flourished upon many of the barren hills ofEngland. Evelyn found it upon some of the higherliills in Surrey, displaying its myrtle-shaped leavesand its bright green in the depth of winter; and,till very recently, it o;ave to Boxhill, in that county, thecharms of a delightful and perennial verdure. Thetrees have now been destroyed, and the name, asat other places called after the box, has become themonument of its former beauty. Yet no tree so well merits cultivation—thoughits growth be slow. It is an unique among tim-ber, and combines qualities which are not foundexi
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