. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 704 AnBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. «. B. s. 3 suffruticbsa Mill. Diet. No. 3. B. humilis Bod. Pempt. 782.; B. s. nana ^V. Bu Ham . p. 83.; and our _;%. 1376. ; Buis nain, Buis a , Buis d'Artois, Buis de Hollande, petit Buis, Fr. ; zwerch Buchsbaum, Ger. — Dwarf. Leaves sm
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 704 AnBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. «. B. s. 3 suffruticbsa Mill. Diet. No. 3. B. humilis Bod. Pempt. 782.; B. s. nana ^V. Bu Ham . p. 83.; and our _;%. 1376. ; Buis nain, Buis a , Buis d'Artois, Buis de Hollande, petit Buis, Fr. ; zwerch Buchsbaum, Ger. — Dwarf. Leaves small, obovate. This is the kind usually cultivated for edgings in Eu- ropean gardens. « B. s. 4 rayrtifilia Lam. Encyc. — Dwarf. Leaves small nhlnnof narrnwish A nrpffu lifflp nlnnf-. •. , s. 4 myrbfoha Lam. Encyc. — Dwari. Leaves , small, oblong, narrowish. A pretty little plant; W generally quite low, but, under favourable cir- « cumstances, growing to a considerable size. isrs. b. s. suffniacisa. In a wild state, the box seldom exceeds the height of 12 or 15 feet in Bri- tain ; but in Turkey and Asia Minor trees of it have been found as high as 23 ft. The thickness of the trunk is very considerable in proportion to its height, and, in full-grown trees, varies from 6 in. to 8 in. in diameter. The tree -will bear the knife patiently, and is therefore, and from the closeness of its habit of growth, well adapted for clipped hedges, and all kinds of verdant ar- chitectuj'e and statuary. It grows slowlj', rarely making shoots of more than 6 or 8 inches annually. But the tree is of great longevity ; and so hardy, that it is almost the only evergreen, exclusive of the Coniferse, that will stand in the open air, without protection, in the gardens of Paris, Berlin, and Vi- enna. The wood of the box is remarkably heavy ; weighing, when newly cut, 80 lb. 7 oz. per cubic foot, and, when perfectly dry, 68 lb. 12 oz. and 7 gr. It is the only Euro[)ean wood that will sink in water
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