BUXUS SEMPERVIRENS IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. 241 
BUXUS SEMPERVIRENS, L., IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. 
By R. A. Pryor, B.A., F.LS. 
My ncn are: has long “eee drawn to a statement in the third 
sa of Withe ring (v. ii., p. 210.),* on the authority of Woodward 
“ : 
Phytologist,+ and although it is not quite clear that the eminent 
logician had personally visited the locality more croc age | in 
eins some further examination appeared to be desirable. Upo 
inquiry at Eddlesboro’} I found that the occurrence of Box on 
downs was well known in the neighbourhood, and by following the 
directions there given, I was able to satisfy myself of its existence in 
large quantity on the north-eastern slopes of Steps Hill, above Ward’s 
Combe, about three miles to the south of the village. Although I 
with an eye to picturesque effect. 
the naked summit of 
was a colony of Ulex europeus, with Rubus i 
peririel and Veronica officinalis growing beneath its shelter, which 
seemed rather out of place in such a — and had originally, I 
imagine, been introduced with the Furze 
* Quoted by Sir. J. E. Smith in “ ——- py lem no. vagy ea: ‘* Flora 
i Y.. e 4 9? v, p. 
+ * Buxus sempervirens helps to adorn Fike es panies: _dselivities near 
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Tecsborough, and grows ibaa on the hills between Tring and Dunstable.” 
hytologist, n.s.,v. i., p. 331. 
ih New ivinghoe * is said oot. Mk confounded with Ellesboro’ in the 
which is Seamed & y Mill in the paragraph just re- 
ong si agri 
m 
f the co 
fered re Pay at c. ), 8 and wae the Fm a of Box was | 
by Lysons. of land on the Chiltern f Li exte 
ag elt h, across the eregidiig of 
of Great Kimble, ag ieiprrexpece’ more than 1 
which appears natural growth tie oa soil.” aioe Breanok, 
v.i, pt. 3, p. #6 (1813). There is a Beacon Hill also at aoe 
