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rot often perfected: the Plants muft 

 be houied in Winter witli Orange- 

 trees, t5c. for they are too tender to 

 live abroad inWinter in this Country. 



BURNET. Vide Pimpinella. 



BUTOMUS, The Flowering- 

 rum, or Water-gladiole. 

 The Characters are ; 



c Fhe Leaves are triangular and 

 grojjj : the Stalks are naked : the 

 Flovucrs are difpofed in an Umbel upon 

 the Top of the Stalk ; and each con- 

 fijls of fix Leaves: three of them 

 are large, and three fmall, which 

 are expanded in form of a Rofe. 

 The Species are ; 



t. Butomus filer e rofieo. Tourn. 

 The rofe-colour'd Flowering rufh. 



2. Butomus fiore albo. Tourn. 

 The white Flowering-rufh. 

 • 3. Butomus fiore fat urate pur~ 

 pureo. Boefh. lad. The deep purple- 

 colour'd Flowering-rufh. 



The firft of thefe Varieties is 

 pretty common in Stand ing-waters, 

 in many Parts of England ; the 

 other two are Varieties of this, tho' 

 Iefs common with us: thefe Plants 

 may be propagated in boggy Places, 

 or by planting them in Citterns, 

 which mould be kept filled with 

 Water, that mould have about a 

 Foot Thicknefs of Earth in the 

 Bottom : thefe, tho 1 common Plants, 

 yet produce very pretty Flowers, 

 and are worth propagating for Va- 

 riety-fake, especially if in any Part 

 of the Garden there mould be Con- 

 veniency for an artificial Bog, or 

 where there are Ponds of Standing- 

 water, as is many times the Cafe, 

 and Perfons are at a Lofs what to 

 plant in fuch Places, that may ap- 

 pear 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 Effeft. 



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BUXUS, The Box-tree. 



The Characters are ; 

 The Leaves are pennated, and ever- 

 green : it hath Male Flovjers, v:hich 

 are produced at remote Difianee: from 

 the Fruit on the fame Tree: the Fruit 

 is fhaped like a Pottage-pot inverted, 

 and is dividid into three Cells, con- 

 taining tvuo Seeds in each, vjhich, 

 nxhen ripe, are cafi forth by the 

 Elafiiciiy of the Veffel. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Buxus arhorefcens. C.B. The 

 Box-tree. 



2. Buxus arhorefcens anguflifolia. 

 The narrow-leav'd Box-tree. v 



3. Buxus fioliis ex luteo varie- 

 gatis. H. R. Par. Striped Box. 



4. Buxus major, J oi; is per lim- 

 bum aurcis. H. R. Par. Tfie gold- 

 edg'd Box-tree. 



5. Buxus humilis. Dod. The 

 Dwarf Box. 



6. Buxus humilis, fi: His variegatis. 

 The Dwarf ftriped Box. 



7. Buxus major, joins per lim- 

 bum argenteis. The filver - edged 

 Box. 



The firft and fecond Sorts grow 

 in great Plenty upon Box-hill near 

 Darking in Surry, where were for- 

 merly large Trees of thefe Kinds; 

 but of late they have been pretty 

 much deftroyed ; yet there are great 

 Numbers of the Trees remaining, 

 which are of a confiderable Bignefs. 

 The Wood of this Tree is very ufe- 

 ful for Turners, Engravers, and Ma- 

 thematical - inftrument - makers, the 

 Wood being fo hard, clofe, and pon- 

 derous, as to fink in Water, which, 

 renders it very valuable for divers 

 Utenfils. 



All the Varieties of the Tree or 

 large Box are proper to intermix in 

 Clumps of Ever-greens, &c. where 

 they add to the Variety of fuch 

 Plantations : 



