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appearance ; indeed, in the light and open aspect, peculiarly 

 shaped deciduous foliage, and stately dimensions, we have in 

 the Ginkgo one of the most distinct and pleasing of hardy 

 trees. The tree is of rather spiry growth, with smooth fan- 

 shaped, yellowish-green leaves, both sides being of the same 

 colour, and marked by parallel lines. Fruit about the size of a 

 walnut, enclosing a marble-sized kernel. 



G. biloba. a,urGa. is decidedly an acquisition, the already 

 yellowish-green leaves wearing in this variety a beautiful 

 sunny golden colour. It does not grow so quickly as the 

 species. 



G. biloba tnacrophylla differs in the much larger 

 foliage, which is deeply divided into three or five lobes, these 

 again being sub-divided, and often dentated on the margins. 



JUNIPERUS (Linnaeus). 

 THE JUNIPERS. 



Flowers dioecious, but frequently monoecious ; males in 

 spikes ; females short, axillary, and bracteated at the base. 



Fruit a globular cone or berry, composed of from three to 

 six fleshy scales. 



Seeds erect, from one to four, mostly three in each fruit. 



Leaves opposite or ternate, scale- like, the primary ones 

 pointed. 



Cotyledons two. 



These are evergreen trees or shrubs, and may be readily 

 recognised by the berry-like fruit, which, when ripe, is for the 

 most part deep purple, black, or reddish-brown, and wingless 

 seeds. Both foliage and fruit when crushed emit a pleasant 

 resinous odour. 



Juniperus bermudiana, Linnaeus. Bermudas. — In 

 this country the situations are few where the present juniper 

 can be said to succeed, and for this reason it is rarely met with 

 in cultivation. In the north of Ireland, and in southern and 



