pFant TfSore, "Ise-Q&r^f, anil T5)uric/". 707 



recalling the ancient Roman custom of burning it instead of in- 

 cense on the altars. In Norway and Sweden, the floors are 



strewed with the tops of Juniper, which diffuse a pleasant fra- 

 grance. Evelyn says that Juniper-berries afford " one of the 



most universal remedies in the world to our crazy forester," and 

 he wonders that Virgil should condemn the shadow of such a 

 beneficial tree, but suspedts him misreported as having written 

 the following lines : — 



"Now let us rise, for hoarseness oft invades 

 The singer's voice who sings heneath the shades : 

 From Juniper unwholesome dews distil." 



The old herbalists recommended the berries of the Juniper for use 

 as coimter-poisons and other wholesome medicines, and water 

 wherein these berries had been steeped was held to be health- 

 giving and useful against poisons and pestilent fevers. The smoke of 

 the leaves and wood was said to drive away serpents, " and all in- 

 fe(ftion and corruption of the aire which bring the plague, or such- 

 like contagious diseases." The Jimiper would appear to be potent 



in dreams ; thus, it is unlucky to dream of the tree itself, especially 

 if the person be sick ; but to dream of gathering the berries, if it be 

 in winter, denotes prosperity ; whilst to dream of the acftual berries 

 signifies that the dreamer will shortly arrive at great honours, and 

 become an important person. To the married it foretells the birth 



of a male child. The Juniper is held to be under the dominion 



of the Sun. 



JUNO'S ROSE.— The Lilium candidum has derived its name 

 of Junos Rose from the legend that relates how Jupiter, to make 

 his infant son Hercules immortal, put him to the breast of the 

 sleeping Juno; and how, when the babe withdrew from her, the 

 milk which fell from his lips formed the Milky Way, and, falling on 

 earth, caused the White Lily to spring up. (See Lily). 



JUNO'S TEARS. — A name originally given by Dioscorides 

 to the Coix lacryma (now called Job's Tears), but for some unknown 

 reason transferred to the Vervain {Verbena officinalis). 



JUPITER'S PLANTS.— The Pink [Dianthus) is Jove's 

 flower; the Oak is sacred to him because he first taught mankind 

 to live upon Acorns; his sceptre is of Cypress. The Dodonaean 

 Jupiter is usually depicted with a wreath of Oak-leaves; the 

 Olympian Jove wears a wreath of Olive, and his mantle is de- 

 corated with various flowers, particularly the Lily; to Jupiter 

 Ammon the Beech is dedicated. The House-leek [Sempervivum 

 tectorum) has obtained its name of Jupiter's Beard {Jovis Barba) from 

 its massive inflorescence resembling the sculptured beard of 

 Jupiter, The same plant is also called Jupiter's Eye from its 

 stellate form: in its centre is a bud, and on the surroimding petals 

 can be distinguished a little eye, from which circumstance has 

 arisen the superstition, mentioned by Dioscorides, that this plant 



