CHAP. XCIX. EUPHORBIA‘CEZ:. BU’xXUS. 1341 
Statistics, The largest box trees in the neighbourhood of London are at Syon, where there are 
various trees from 13 ft. to 16 ft. in height. There is also one at Kew, 15ft. high. In the Oxford 
Botanic Garden, there are two old box trees, one of which, in 1855, was 21 ft. high, the diameter of 
the trunk 7}in., and of the head 18 ft. The largest box hedge in England is at Petworth, where 
it is more than 12 ft. broad at the bottom, 15 ft. high, and 40) yards long: it is supposed to be upwards 
of two centuries old. The oldest sculpturesque topiary works in England are in the garden at Leven’s 
Grove, in Westmoreland, laid out in the time of James II. In Scotland, at West Plean, near 
Stirling, there is a box tree, 10 years planted, that is 6 ft. high. In France, in the Jardin des Plantes, 
a box tree, upwards of 100 years planted, bas attained the height of 30 ft. 
Commercial Statistics. Plants of the tree box, in the London nurseries, are 
from 6d. to Is. 6d. each, according to the size of the variety: at Bollwyller 
plants of the species are 50 cents each; and of the varieties, from 1 franc to 
14 francs each: at New York, plants, or the tree kind are 25 cents each ; and 
of its varieties, 374 cents. The dwarf box is sold, in English nurseries, at 6d. 
per yard; at New York, at 50-cents per yard. 
2 2. B.BaLeEA’RICA Willd. The Balearic Box. 
Idenlification, Willd. Arb., 50., Sp. P. 4., p. 337. ; ?Lam, Encye., 1, p. 505. 
Synonymes. B. s. var. gigantta N. Du Ham., 1. p. 82.; Minorca Box ; 
Buis de Minorque, Buis de Mahon, Fr.; Balearischer Buchsbaum, Ger. 
Engravings. N. Du Ham,, pl. 23. f, 1; and our figs. 1220. and 1221, 
Spec. Char., §e. Disk of leaf oblong ; footstalk glabrous. 
Anthers arrow-shaped, linear. (Willd. Sp. Pl., iv. p.. 
338.) A-native of Minorca, Sardinia, and Corsica ; 
and growing there, according to the Nouveau Du Ha- 
mel, to the height of 80 ft. It is also found in great 
abundance on all the rocky surfaces both of European 
and Asiatic Turkey. It was first brought to France 
about 1770; whence it was introduced. into England 
in 1780. In both countries, it was at first treated as a 
green-house plant; but it was afterwards found quite 
hardy. In Paris, according to the Nouveau Du Hamel, 
it was found to resist the severe frosts of 1794 and 
1799. The Balearic box is a very handsome species, with leaves three 
times as large as those of B. sempervirens, and a straight smooth. trunk. 
The leaves, when the plant is fully exposed 
to the air, are of a much paler green than 
those of the common box; but, when they 
are in the shade, they are of an intensely 
deep green. The wood is said to be of a 
brighter yellow than that of the common 
box. It is sent to England in large quantities 
from Constantinople, for the use of the wood- 
engravers; but, being of a coarser grain, it 
is inferior to that of the B. sempervirens. It is propagated by cuttings, 
which, if placed in sandy soil under glass, or in heat, generally strike 
root in about two months after being taken off. Cuttings will also succeed, 
if treated like those of the common box. 
Statistics. The largest plant within 10 miles of London is at Kew, where it is 13ft. high. At 
Walton on Thames, at Lady Tankeryille’s, it is 10 ft. high. In Sussex, at Arundel Castle, it is 17 ft. 
high. Price of plants, in the London nurseries, 1s. 6d. each ; at New York, where it requires protec 
tion during winter, 374 cents. ' 
App. i. HalfPhardy Species of Bixus. 
B. chinénsis Lk. is a native of China, introduced in 1802, and growing about 3 ft. high; and 
B. australis Cun. is a native of New Holland, growing about 6ft. high. Both require protection 
during winter, but would probably succeed against a conservative wall. 
A true species of Bixus, Mr. Royle observes, is common in the Himalayas, found chiefly in valleys, 
as at Mugra, Kamaon, &c. It grows to a considerable size and thickness, and the wood appears as 
compact and good as that of the common box. 
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App. I. Half-hardy Species belonging to the Orden Euphorbiacese. 
On looking over the genera belonging to this order in the Hortus Britannicus, several ligneous 
species will be observed indicated as requiring the green-house; but,,as very few of them are of 
much beauty, we consider it unnecessary to go into many details respesting them. , 
