5S HA^DY CONIPEROUS THEES. 



1806. — This is usually found as a pyramidal-shaped bush or 

 tree, with numerous slender rigid branchlets, the peculiarly 

 glaucous leaves imparting a greyish appearance to the whole. 



When raised from seed in this country, the appearance of 

 all the young plants is wonderfully alike, which is rather 

 singular when we consider the wide range of the plant from 

 Greece to Afghanistan. 



J. excelsa Stricta> partakes of the neat, upright habit 

 of the species, probably when young in an advanced degree, 

 with still more glaucous foliage. 



J. macrocarpa, Sibthorp. Mediterranean Coast. — 

 Although not generally recommended for cultivation in this 

 country, yet that it does succeed well in certain places is evi- 

 dent from the beautiful specimen that is growing but a short 

 distance from the race-course at Sandown Park. It much re- 

 sembles our common juniper, only the leaves are longer, and 

 the fruit larger, while the more compact and better furnished 

 appearance is strikingly pronounced in the specimen in 

 question, which is 10 feet high and fully 7 feet through. The 

 diameter of branch-spread is the same, or nearly so, from base 

 to tip. Light sandy loam of great depth suits it well. 



J. occidental is, Hooker. {^Synonyms: — CJiamcecyparis 

 Boursierii, Decaisne ; J.pyriformis^ Lindley.) North-Western 

 America, British Columbia to Sacramento. 1839. — ^ very 

 variable species, whether as regards outline or foliage. In 

 young plants the leaves are sharp-pointed and brightly tinted, 

 whilst in adult specimens they are of a sombre hue and 

 closely imbricated. It usually wears a shabby appearance 

 under cultivation in this country. 



J. occidental is monosperma, found on low hills 

 of Southern New Mexico, becomes a low-growing tree, or 

 rather medium-sized shrub. 



J. Oxycedrus, Linnaeus. {^Synonyms: — -/. rufescens, 

 Link ; /. Marschalliana, Steven, ex Boiss.) Southern Europe, 

 the Levant. — A bushy, freely-branched, and wide-spreading 

 shrub, the branchlets neatly drooping, and well clothed with 

 needle-like leaves. It may be considered as the representa- 



