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THE BOX. 



The flower of the Box is inconspicuous, being 

 of a greenish yellow colour, and growing in clus- 

 ters in the axils^ of the leaves ; it ripens its seed 

 at Box-hill. Flowers have never been observed 

 on the dwarf variety. 



Axil, Latin, axilla^ the arm-pit ; in botanical phraseology " the 

 angle between the leaf-stalk and stem." 



