The driver's area is surrounded by a grid of steel to protect the operator during the blade-belting battle against boxthorn and barberry. |
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Stevenson says he's been collecting things for more than 70 years, including pieces of derelict vehicles found under boxthorn hedges. |
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The plant, which occurs wild in most of Asia and has become naturalized in Europe, may also be referred to as Chinese boxthorn. |
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Back then farmers were worried that the hedgecutters might destroy their hedges and often asked for guarantees that the boxthorn was going to survive the ordeal. |
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One type, grown mainly in China, is the Lycium Chinense, often referred to as Chinese wolfberry, matrimony vine, or Chinese boxthorn. |
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