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introduction of the photographic “process” blocks, the industry 
of preparing Box-wood for the engraver must have become all 
but extinct, and for that reason Box plantations must be less 
valuable assets than formerly. It is on record that when the 
Box Hill trees were cut in 1815, the “fall” realized nearly 
;i/^io,ooo. Box Hill is in no sense a plantation ; its slopes and 
summit are clothed with a natural mixed wood of Box, Oak, 
Beech, and Yew. Beneath every Box-tree will be found 
hundreds of seedlings of various ages. Some of these may be 
seen in our photograph, which depicts naturally grown Box- 
trees on the famous hill. It will be noted that their “habit ” is 
widely different from that of the more bush-like forms so 
familiar in gardens. 
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