B. sempervirens 



B. s. salicifolia elata = " Willow-leaved Box." 

 In this variety the leaves are about i inch or 

 ij inches long, barely J of an inch wide, and 

 green in colour. The plant is of upright growth, 

 but is not at all stiff. Where variety is required it 

 is a good sort to plant. 



B. s. suffruticosa = B. suffruticosa and " Edging 

 Box." This is a well-known dwarf variety, being 

 used in almost every garden of any size in the 

 country for edging purposes. For this purpose 

 it has been used for a very long period, and 

 when the severe geometrical style of gardening 

 was in vogue a couple of centuries ago, it was 

 used to work out elaborate designs for parterres, 

 the interspaces being filled in with different 

 coloured sand, gravel, stones, or what not. 



B. s. undulifolia. A strong - growing sort, 

 differing little from the type except by the 

 undulating margins of the leaves. 



Other Species 



B. balearica, Lambert = sempervirens gigantea. 

 This is a large-growing species of tree-like 

 habit found in Minorca, Sardinia, Corsica, and 

 European and Asiatic Turkey. It was first in- 

 troduced into France in 1770, and from thence 

 was received in England ten years later. On its 

 introduction it was treated as a greenhouse plant, 

 but there is no necessity to question its hardiness, 



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