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the melody of the voice, nor the long pipe of many- 
holed box delight themwhile Martial avers, that 
-“ Box-combs bear no small part 
Of the militia of the female art.” 
This tree is very common in the various countries of 
the south of Europe, and also in Asia, especially in the 
neighbourhood of Mount Caucasus. The unchanging 
verdure of its foliage, and the durability of its wood, have 
always made it an auspicious symbol. As such, Pope 
introduces it very beautifully in his poem of the Mes¬ 
siah : — 
“ On rifted rocks, the dragon’s late abodes, 
The green reed trembles and the bulrush nods; 
Waste sandy valleys, once perplex’d with thorn, 
The spiry fir and shapely box adorn.” 
For this use of it he has the best authority. In refer¬ 
ence to the Messiah’s blessed reign, it is written in the 
page of inspiration, “ I will plant in the wilderness the 
cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree. 
I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the 
box tree together.” 
We come next to the laurel (Prunus laurocerasus). 
It is a native of the Levant, of the Crimea,, of Caucasus, 
