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very tall, and its Leaf is very much like that of the Plum- 

 Tree. Its red Berries, which continue on it in the Winter, 

 and which, at a Diftance, make it look as tho* it were full 

 of Fire, have given it the Name of the Burning BuJIo j 'tis 

 in thcfe Berries its Seed lies. 



The Alaternus refembles the Olive-Tree in its Leaves ; Aktcrm^ 

 jthey are of a blackifh Green, and pretty thick j it is very 

 fit to make Palifades with, and is raifed from Layers. 



The Box-Tree is a green Shrub of the greateft Ufe, and Box. 

 one of themoft necelfary in Gardens. There are two Sorts 

 of it ; the Dwarf-Box, which the French call Buis d'Artois^ 

 the Leaves of which are like thofe of the Myrtle, but green- 

 er and harder. This is made ufe of for planting the Em- 

 broidery of Parterres, and the Edgings of Borders. It na- 

 turally does not grow very much, which makes it called ' 

 Dwarf-Box. The other Kind is the Box-Tree of the Woods, 

 which advances much higher, and has bigger Leaves than, 

 the former, which makes it fit to form Palifades, and greea.i 

 Tufts for garnifhing of Woods ; it comes up in the Shade^ 

 but is a long Time a gaining any confiderable Height : Its. 

 Wood is yellowifli, and very hard. It is put to- a great, 

 many petty Ufes, as the making of Combs, Balls, &c. Both . 

 thefe Kinds of Box yield a Seed, but it is commonly pro« . 

 duced by Slips. 



One thing muft be laid in Praife of thefe Ever-Green 

 Trees and Shrubs, that the Hardnefs of their Wood and 

 Leaves, fecures them from all Sorts of Infeds and Vermin. 



A s the Climate of France is very different from that of 

 the Indies in the Degree of Heat, it is better to raife Ever- 

 Greens from Slips and Layers, than to fow the Seed^ which 

 often fails, or, at leaft, is a great while a coming up. 



The Advantage to be drawn from Ever-Greens, rather 

 refpe<asthe Artof Phyfick, in which they afford feverai Re- 

 medies^ than the Ufe to be made of them in Trade, whe- 

 ther for Building, Artificers-Work, or Fewel, in all which 

 th^ Trees firft mentioned at the Beginning of this Chapter^, 

 are very ferviceable ^ and upon this Account it is that there 

 are fo great a Number of thefe Ever-Green Plants in the"^ ^Fauxbourg 

 Royal Phyfick^Gardeo. ' " - ^' ^ " S.Yitior> 



These 



