JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS. 
Common Juniper. 
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PLATE XLIV* Mi anegety 
Toe prostrate variety of the common J uniper 
is so peculiar in its mode of growth, that it has 
some claims to be considered a distinct species. 
On comparing it, however, with European speci- 
mens, I find the similarity so great, that I do not 
see sufficient grounds for separating it, especially 
as there are, in Europe, several varieties in size 
and mode of growth, which are not recognized as 
Separate species. The variety, which is the only 
one I have met with in the Northern States, is a 
large trailing shrub, continually throwing out 
roots from its branches, and spreading in all 
directions until it forms beds, which are many 
rods in circumference. In this way it continues 
to advance outward, supporting itself by new 
roots even after the original trunks, : the centre, 
* Very beautiful drawings, from which this and the following 
plate are engraved, were sent me by a lady in Hampshire county, 
