49. 
THE BOX. 
Buxus sempervirens. 
PuatE 5, Fie. 16. 
form of the old-fashioned, ever- 
green, garden ‘edgings,’ the Box, 
as a Tree, is much less known, pro- 
bably for the reason that its dis- 
tribution is local, and limited to a 
few districts of England. Some of the 
finest examples of the Box-Tree are found 
y¥— growing at the well-known resort of 
Boxhill, in Surrey, and it also grows to a large 
size in Buckinghamshire, Gloucestershire, Kent, 
and in other counties. It is believed to be in- 
digenous to Britain, although it is here seldom 
