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and slightly pendulous at the extremities, and very desirable in a 

 collection of ornamental shrubs. It must always be planted in a dry 

 soil, and a moderately-sheltered situation. 



J, Virginiana {tlie Red Cedar), so named in reference to the beautiful 

 red heart-wood of the tree, is a native of the United States, where it 

 occurs over an immense area, and in the greatest abundance, rising to 

 heights of from 40 to 50 feet, with a diameter near the ground of 1|- 

 foot. It has been known in this country'for more than 200 years, and 

 has been largely grown in ornamental collections, proving itself thor- 

 oughly hardy, and adapting itself to most soils and situations. In 

 habit of growth it is sharply conical, densely branched ; and among the 

 many varieties which occur w^hen raised from seed, are found a great - 

 variety of tints of colour, from the lightest to the darkest green. In 

 some situations it assumes a brownish tint in winter. 



J. drupacea (the Plum-fruited Juniper) is indigenous to the north of 

 Syria and mountains in Asia Minor, where it forms a bushy shrub of 

 about 10 feet high, and was introduced into this country in 1820. 



This very hardy and distinct species has a narrow conical habit of 

 growth, branched to the ground ; the branchlets are abundantly clothed 

 with leaves of about | of an inch long, set in regular whorls round the 

 stem, and of a light grassy-green colour. 



Any dry deep soil, not over-rich, and a moderate shelter from violent 

 winds, will be found sufficient for its wants ; and when planted on a 

 lawn as a single specimen, where it has plenty of space, few ornamen- 

 tal plants are more interesting and attractive. 



J. Chinensis (tlie Chinese Juniper). — This grand species is found in 

 great abundance in high mountain-valleys in China and Japan, growing 

 to heights of from 20 to 30 feet, and was first sent home in 1820. 



In this species the male and female forms are very dissimilar, the 

 latter being known as "flagelliformis," and was long considered a distinct 

 species. Of the two the male plant is by far the most ornamental, and 

 undoubtedly one of the handsomest of our hardy Conifers, making a 

 magnificent lawn specimen-plant, and contrasting most effectively with 

 the dark-coloured shrubs in mixed masses or rows. It has a neat coni- 

 cal habit of growth, closely branched from the ground upwards ; the 

 foliage is generally slightly glaucous, sometimes bright green ; and 

 occasionally branchlets of both tints appear on the same plant. It 

 produces its bright golden catkins in great profusion in May, and is 

 then an object of great beauty. 



Like most of the other species, J. Chinensis is of easy cultivation, and 

 will succeed in almost any soil and situation, if the subsoil is suffi- 

 ciently porous to prevent an undue accumulation of water at the roots. 



There are two or three varieties more or less distinct from the species 



