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It is often planted as a hedge and grows readily from cuttings, even on the driest 

 soil. 



P 3075. Sabathu, Punjab. 



24. BUXUS, Tournefort. 



1. B. sempervirens, Linn.; Bramlis 447. B. Wallichiana, Baillon. 

 Vern. Shanda laghune, Afg. ; Chikri, Kashmir ; Papri y papar > paprang , 

 shams had, shumaj, Pb. 



An evergreen shrub or small tree. Bark grey, soft, corky, cut into 

 small plates by deep irregular cracks. Wood yellowish white, hard, 

 smooth, very close and even-grained. Annual rings distinctly marked by 

 a narrow line without pores. Pores extremely small, very numerous, 

 uniform and uniformly distributed. Medullary rays fine to extremely 

 fine, very numerous. 



Suliman and Salt Ranges, North- West Himalaya between 4,000 and 8,000 feet* 

 Bhutan about 6,000 to 7,000 feet ; but scattered in different parts of the Himalaya, 

 chiefly on a calcareous soil and often in remote localities. From recent reports' on the 

 localities of boxwood in the North-West Himalaya, the following appear to be the 

 chief: 



In the Punjab. 



Kawul Pindi Division . . Occasional in ravines of the Margulla Syud- 



pore Range, but of small size, the largest 

 being 6 inches and the average 4 inches 

 in girth. 



Fuel Reserve, North . . Scattered trees in the Talagang and Khusha 



forests. 



Division . . . 1. On the Gran-Nala, a tributary of the Par- 



' batti ; about 500 poles, 20 feet high and 

 4 to 12 inches in diameter below the Gran 

 village and a few trees higher up, the largest 

 of which is 15 inches in diameter. (Kulu 

 Report, 1877, paragraph 24.) 



2. On the Brahinganga River. 



3. On two tributaries of the Sainj River. 



4. A locality in Seoraj, Kulu. 



5. A locality in Balhan Koti. 



Sutlej Division . . . Trees and groups of trees between Wangtu 



and Kilba. 

 A small forest to the north of the Shali Range. 



In the North-West Provinces. About 3,400 trees were counted in (lie forests 



of the Garhwjil State. The finest i 

 were in the Kelso Valley near the village of 

 Alyora, when- lives 6 feet in girth were seen 

 with fine straight stems. 



It is estimated that the cost per cubic foot of boxwood delivered at Saharanpur 

 from the Kelso forest would be Re. 1-8 ; its further cost by rail from Saharanpur to 

 Bombay would be at least Re. 1-8 or total Rs. 3 per culne foot. Considering 1 cubic 

 foot as weighing 60 Ibs., we have the cost per ton as Rs. 112, which could only be just 

 covered by receipts if the very best description of wood were sent down. There is 

 consequently little likelihood of much trade in boxwood from the Himala}*an forest?. 

 Growth very slow: Brandis says, 15 to 20 rings per inch of radius. In Holtzappfel's 

 " Descriptive Catalogue of Woods" English boxwood is said only to attain a diameter of 



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