146 Rhodora [May 
soil or surroundings that would indicate any difference from many 
similar places that are found in the State. 
It has been previously reported in RHODORA, as far south in New 
England as Southbridge, Massachusetts.— A. W. Driccs, East 
Hartford, Connecticut. 
JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS, VAR. ERECTA, IN MASSACHUSETTS. — In 
recent endeavors to make a complete list of the conifers growing 
without cultivation in the vicinity of Northampton, Massachusetts, I 
was fortunate enough to find a small colony of the tall Juniper de- 
scribed by Mr. Alfred Rehder in the Cyclopedia of American Horti- 
culture, as Juniperus communis, var. erecta, Pursh. As this form is 
very rare in New England, it seems worthy of mention in RHODORA. 
It was growing in the same field with the common prostrate form, J. 
communis, var. canadensis Loud., but differing essentially in the man- 
ner of growth, the small trees being perfectly erect, some of them 
columnar, others spreading. The tallest one I saw was somewhat 
over ten feet in height, with a trunk-girth of ten inches. The leaves 
are longer than those of the low form, and not so thickly crowded 
upon the branches. In the fruit I could discover no difference. 
'The distinguishing characteristics, then, were the longer and less 
crowded leaves, the much greater size, and the erect growth. — 
Emity Hrrcucock Terry, Smith College, Northampton, Massachu- 
setts, 
[Thecommon low juniper of barren pastures and hillsides in New England 
is treated by Mr. Rehder as Juniperus communis, var. canadensis. ‘The tall 
form noted by Mrs. Terry is common further south, but, so far as we are 
aware, it is not otherwise known in New England. J. communis, var. nana, 
Loud. (var. alpina, Gaud.), to which the var. canadensis has often been errone- 
ously referred, is thus far known in our limits only from the North Basin of 
Mt. Katahdin. — Ed.] 
Vol. 3, No. 28, including pages 67 to 92, was issued 1 April, 1901. 
