Classics Retold

Reference: Chapter 11 of Great Expectations.  Box-tree, commonly known as box-woods are slow growing, dense, broadleaf evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Buxes in the family Buxacea  box-tree . They are native to Western and Southern Europe, southern and eastern Asia, Africa and Madagascar, northern most of South America, Central America, Mexico and Carrebian. Slow growing evergreen shrubs and small trees growing 2 to 12 metres tall. It is used for fine wood carving, and used for decorative or storage boxes. Used for chess pieces