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icattered, otherwife it will be- 

 come a very troublefome Weed. 



BUTOMUSj the Flowering Rufli 

 er Water Gladiole. 



The Characierj are j 



The Leaves are triangular and 

 gr»j[y\ The Stalks are naked: The 

 Fhwers are difpos'd in an Umbel up- 

 on the Top of the Stalk, and each 

 eonjtp ef fix Leaves j three of them 

 are large] and three fmall, which 

 ure expanded in Term of a Rofe. 

 The Species arej 



1. BvroMvs; fore rofeo. Tourn. 

 The Rofe-colour'd Flowering Rufli. 



2. BuTOMUSj flore alho. Tourn. 

 The White Flowering Rufh. 



3 . BuTOMUS j flore faturate pur- 

 purea . Boerh. Ind. The deep Pur- 

 ple-colour'd Flowering Rufh. 



The firft of thefe Varieties is 

 pretty common in (landing Waters 

 in many Parts of Lngland j the 

 other two are Varieties of this, 

 tho' lefs common with us. Thefe 

 Plants may be propagated in boggy 

 Places, or by planting them in 

 Cifterns, which fhould be kept fill'd 

 with Water, that fliould have about 

 a Foot Thicknefs of Earth in the 

 Bottom: Thefe, though common 

 Plants, yet produce very pretty 

 Flowers, and are worth propaga- 

 ting for Variety fake, efpecially it 

 in any Part of the Garden there 

 ihould be Conveniency for an arti- 

 ficial Bog, as is many times the 

 Cafe, and Perfons are at a Lofs 

 what to plant in fuch Places, that 

 may appear beautiful, whereas if 

 thefe and a few more wild Plants, 

 which naturally grow in fuch Places, 

 were taken into the Garden, they 

 would have a very good EfFed in 

 diverfifying the feveral Parts there- 

 of. 



BUXUSj the Box-Tree.. 

 The Chara^ers arej 



The Leavei me pennand, md 



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ever-gyeeH-y it hath Male llonperst 

 which are produced at remote Dif- 

 tances from the Fruit on the fame 

 Tree : The Fruit is fiafd like a For- 

 ridge-pot inverted, and is divided 

 into three Cells, containing two Seeds 

 in each ; which, when ripe, are 

 caft forth by the Elajlicity of the 

 Veffel. 



The Species are ; 



1. Buxus J arborefcens. C. B, 

 The Box-Tree. 



2. Buxus i arborefcens ; angufli' 

 folia. The narrow-leav'd Box- 

 Tree. 



3. Buxus; foliis ex luteo varie^ 

 gatis. H. R. Far. Strip'd Box. 



4. Buxus ; major i foliis per lijn- 

 hum aureis. H. R. Far. The 

 Gold-edg'd Box-Tree. 



5*. Buxus > humilis. Bod. The 

 Dwarf-Box. 



6. Buxus; humilis \. foliis varie^ 

 gatis. The Dwarf-flrip'd Box. 



7. Buxus ; major i foliis per Urn- 

 burn argenteis. The Silver-edg'd 

 Box. 



The firft and fecond Sorts grow 

 in great Plenty upon Box-hill near 

 Barking in Surrey, where were 

 formerly large Trees of thefe Kinds, 

 but of late they have been pretty 

 muchdeftroy'd, yet there are great 

 Numbers of the Trees remaining 

 which are of a conliderable Big- 

 nefs. The Wood of this Tree is 

 very ufefiil for Turners, Ingravers, 

 and Mathematical Inflrument-ma- 

 kers; the Wood being fo hard, 

 clofe and ponderous, as to fink in 

 Water, which renders it very va- 

 luable for divers Urenfils. 



All the Varieties of the Tree or 

 large Box, are proper to intermix 

 in Clumps of Ever-greensi c^f. 

 where they add to the Variety of 

 fuch Plantations. Thefe may be 

 propagated by planting the Cut- 

 tings ia April in a ftiady Border, 



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