BOXWOOD  , the See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood obtained from the genus Buxus, the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• SPECIES

species being the well-known See also:

• TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
• TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )

tree or See also:

• SHRUB

shrub, B. sempervirens, the See also:

• COMMON

common See also:

• BOX
• BOX (Gr. irl or, Lat. buxus, box-wood; cf. 2r6Eir, a pyx)

box, in See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general use for See also:

• BORDERS, THE

borders of See also:

• GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

garden walks, ornamental parterres, &c . The other source of the See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary boxwood of See also:

• COMMERCE
• COMMERCE (Lat. commercium, from, cum, together, and rnerx, merchandise)

commerce is B. balearica, which yields the variety known as See also:

• TURKEY

Turkey boxwood . The common box is grown throughout See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain (perhaps native in the See also:

• CHALK

chalk-hills of the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England), in the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• EUROPEAN

European See also:

• CONTINENT (from Lat. continere, "to hold together "; hence " connected," " continuous ")

continent generally, and extends through See also:

• PERSIA

Persia into See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, where it is found growing on the slopes of the western Himalayas . There has been much discussion as to whether it is a true native of Britain . See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

Writing more than 200 years ago, See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• RAY (Lat. raia)
• RAY (or WRAY, as he wrote his name till 1670), JOHN (1628-1705)

Ray, the author of the important Historia Plantarum, says, " The Box grows See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild on Boxhill, hence the name; also at Boxwell, on the Cotteswold Hills in See also:

• GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Gloucestershire, and at Boxley in See also:

• KENT
• KENT, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• KENT, JAMES (1763-1847)
• KENT, WILLIAM (1685-1748)

Kent . . . . It grows plentifully on the chalk hills near See also:

• DUNSTABLE

Dunstable." On the other See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand the box is not wild in the Channel Islands, and in the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, See also:

• HOLLAND
• HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
• HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
• HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
• HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
• HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
• HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
• HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART

Holland and See also:

• BELGIUM
• BELGIUM (Fr. Belgique; Flem. Belgic)

Belgium is found mainly in hedge-rows and near cultivation, and it may have been one of the many introductions owed to the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans . Only a very small proportion of the wood suitable for See also:

• INDUSTRIAL

industrial uses is now obtained in Great Britain . The box is a very slow-growing plant, adding not more than 12 or 2 in. to its See also:

• DIAMETER (from the Cr. &a, through, µErpov, measure)

diameter in twenty years, and on an See also:

• AVERAGE

average attaining only a height of 16 ft., with a mean diameter of 1o2 in . The leaves of this species are small, See also:

• OVAL (Lat. ovum, egg)

oval, leathery in texture and of a deep glossy See also:

• GREEN, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

green See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour: B. balearica is a tree of consider-able See also:

• SIZE

size, attaining to a height of 8o ft., with leaves three times larger than those of the common box . It is a native of the islands of the Mediterranean, and grows in Turkey, See also:

• ASIA

Asia See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

Minor, and around the shores of the See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

Black Ssea, and is supposed to be the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief source of the boxwood which comes into European commerce by way of See also:

• CONSTANTINOPLE
• CONSTANTINOPLE, COUNCILS OF

Constantinople . The wood of both species possesses a delicate yellow colour; it is very dense in structure and has a See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• UNIFORM

uniform See also:

• GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain, which has given it unique value for the purposes of the wood-engraver .

A large amount is used in the manufacture of measuring rules, various mathematical See also:

• INSTRUMENTS

instruments, flutes and other musical instruments, as well as for turning into many minor articles, and for See also:

• INLAYING

inlaying, and it is a favourite wood for small carvings . The use of boxwood for turnery and musical instruments is mentioned by See also:

• PLINY, THE ELDER
• PLINY, THE YOUNGER

Pliny, See also:

• VIRGIL (PUBLIUS VERGILIUS MARC)
• VIRGIL, POLYDORE (c. 1470-1555)

Virgil and See also:

• OVID [PUBLIUS OvID1us NASO] (43 B.C.–A.D. 17)

Ovid .