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Bartram is about thirty feet high, and nine 

 inches in diameter. 



Buxus, Tournefort. Nat. Ord. Euphorbia- 

 cese. Monoecia, 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 



