Botanical Name, Buxus sempervirens. —Class, Moncecia. 
—Order, Tetrandria. — Flowers, yellowish green.— Na¬ 
tive place, Europe, America. 
Sentiment. 
STOICISM. 
ORIGIN OF THE SENTIMENT. 
This plant is neither changed by cold nor 
heat ; it is said to prefer the shade, hut lives 
in sunshine, unimpressed by either; thus it 
lives on, with unimpaired verdure, apparently 
not affected by storm or sun, to a great age. 
