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soon as ripe, in a cool, somewhat dry and 

 shaded situation. They will readily germi 

 nate, and may stay two years where they are 

 sown, then planted out in rows to stay till 

 they are wanted, when they can easily be 

 removed. New varieties may be raised in 

 this way, the box being very apt to sport 

 from seed. 



In the nurseries, they are usually raised 

 from cuttings, which root readily when put 

 in a frame of sandy soil early in the fall. 

 The box-tree will transplant at any season, 

 with care. I have been most successful im 

 mediately after the breaking up of frost. 

 There are several handsome varieties in cul 

 tivation, the broad and narrow-leaved, gold- 

 edged, variegated, silver, yellow, and myrtle- 

 leaved. The B. Balearica, or Minorca Box, 

 is not, I believe, hardy in Philadelphia. 



CARPINUS, Linn. Nat. Orel Corylacea?. 

 Monoscia, Polyandria, Linn. Male catkins, 

 cylindrical; scales ovate, acute, ciliate near 

 the base. Stamens twenty; anthers slightly 

 bearded at the top. Female catkins oblong, 

 scales unequally 3-lobed, 1 -flowered, per ma- 



