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Bartram is about thirty feet high, and nine 

 inches in diameter. 



Buxus, TournefortNat. Ord. Euphorbia- 

 ceoe. Monoacia, Tetrandria, Linn. Calyx of 

 the male flower 3-leaved. Petals 2. Fe 

 male calyx 4-leaved, with three petals and 

 three styles. Capsules with three beaks. 

 Cells three. 



B. SEMPERVIRENS, Linn. Box-tree. 



Those who have seen this plant only as an 

 edging to garden-walks, can have no concep 

 tion of the beauty of the tree varieties. The 

 climate of Philadelphia seems well suited to 

 them. The Bartram specimens, and some at 

 Marshall s, excel anything in beauty I have 

 seen in its native Box-hill in England. 



The best Bartram specimen is about thirty- 

 six feet high, and thirty inches in circum 

 ference, perfectly symmetrical, and a pair of 

 them (the golden-striped variety) equally 

 uniform. The common green thrives equally 

 well, growing in a gravelly dry soil, under 

 the drip of trees. 



It is usually propagated by seeds, layers, 

 or cuttings. The former may be sown as 



