62 HARDY CONIFEROUS TREES. 



1548. — Though hardly worthy of special remark as an orna- 

 mental shrub, yet the Savin juniper has been put to good use 

 for rock-work decoration, and for planting as game court 

 around the margins of woodlands. In Woburn Park it is 

 extensively used for this purpose. It is usually of irregular 

 habit, portions of the shrub being dense and compact of growth, 

 and others shooting away into long, almost erect shoots. 

 The foliage is small and scale-like, while the partly concealed 

 berry is of pea size, and purplish-brown in colour. 



J. Sabina tamariscifolia is one of the neatest and 

 prettiest varieties in cultivation, and in small gardens is worthy 

 of a far larger share of attention than it has hitherto received. 

 One must see healthy specimens to witness the intense bluish- 

 green colour, suffused with a silvery tint, that pervades the 

 whole foliage. For ornamental planting, this Spanish Savin 

 is far more desirable than the species, being of neater and 

 more procumbent growth, and the foliage tint much more 

 bright and cheerful. Even under favourable circumstances, it 

 rarely rises more than 15 inches from the ground, is oftener 9 

 inches high, and is wanting usually in the long jutting twigs 

 which so mar the appearance of the typical plant. It makes 

 a capital edging or carpeting shrub, a use to which I have 

 successfully put it on various occasions. The branches when 

 pegged down take root freely, and soon form breadths of the 

 most pleasing green foliage. 



J. Sabina variegfata has no particular merit to recom- 

 mend it, the yellowish variegation being spotty and irregular. 

 It has the same habit as the species. 



J. sphaerica, Lindley. Northern China. 1846. — This 

 is a distinct species of tidy outline, rather inclined to be 

 conical, but relieved of formality by the extending, tufted, and 

 finely-divided branchlets. The foliage is of a bright and 

 pleasant green ; while the fruit, which is irregularly produced, 

 is oval of form. 



J. sphasrica Sheppardii, as seen in cultivation, has a 

 winter attraction that renders it of value where low-growing 

 and brightly-foliaged shrubs are in demand. The leaves are 



