EYERGKEEX TREES AXD SHRUBS. 117 



The CoMMOX Tree Box {B. sempervirens) is the well 

 known European species, with beautiful glossy foliage, 

 E. The following are some of the varieties of this : 

 Dwarf Box (var. suffruticosa), is the sort usually em- 

 ployed for edgings ; forms a pretty bush when planted 

 alone. Hands worth's Box (var. Handstvorthii) is a vigor- 

 ous, upright grower of great hardiness. Jackson's Weep- 

 ing Box (var. Jaclcsonii) has pendulous branches, which 

 habit gives the tree a fine appearance. The Broad- 

 leaved Box (var. latifolia), and the Myrtle-leaved Box 

 (var. myrtifolia), are both fine sorts. There are a num- 

 ber of varieties, the leaves of which are marked and 

 splaslied with gold and silver colors, such as the Gold- 

 striped Box, Silver-striped Box, Elegantly-variegcited 

 Box, and others. 



THE MAHOXiAS. BerleHs. H. 



The evergreen species of Barberry were formerly 

 placed in the genus Malionia, but they are now arranged 

 as a section of Berheris. It is convenient to retain Ma- 

 honia as a popular or garden name. 



The Holly-leaved Mahoxia {B. Aquifolium) is 

 one of the hardiest and finest low-growing evergreens we 

 have. It is liable to receive spots from the sun in winter, 

 on which account it should be protected somewhat, a 

 thing easily done with evergreen boughs or otherwise, as 

 the plant is of low growth ; or it may be i)lanted in the 

 shade. It has handsome, thick, glossy leaves, with 

 prickly and scalloped edges, whicli somewhat resemble 

 those of the Holly ; clusters of yellow flowers in the 

 spring. There are several other rather unimportant 

 species. 



