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silvery - white, rather stiff, and sharp-pointed, while the 

 branches and branchlets are numerous, and impart a dense, 

 spreading habit to the specimen. 



J. thurifera, Linnaeus. Spain, Algiers. 1752. — This 

 can hardly be generally recommended, as I have known well- 

 established specimens to suffer much from frost. When seen 

 at its best, it is highly ornamental, and of distinct habit of 

 growth, from the lower branches being spreading, while those 

 further up have an erect growth. The leaves are greyish- 

 green and scale-like. 



J. virg^iniana, Linnaeus. North America, Hudson's Bay 

 to Florida, and on the west side of Colorado and Vancouver's 

 Island. 1664. — This is the largest growing of any of the 

 junipers in this country ; not only the largest as regards height, 

 but as regards bulk of stem as well. Growing in deep, free 

 soil, it has in Surrey attained to a height of nearly 50 feet, 

 and with a stem girthing y^ feet at 3 feet from the ground. 

 Although varying a good deal in shape and tint of foliage, the 

 typical plant in England is of pyramidal form, with partially 

 ascending branches, and mossy, deep green, and very varying 

 foliage. The leaves are usually short and pointed, but often 

 scale-like and imbricated, and both forms occur on the same 

 twig. Berries are produced sparsely in this country, resemble 

 small peas in size, and are greyish-brown in colour. From 

 seed it varies to a wide extent. 



J. virgriniana arg^entea has the foliage here and 

 there irregularly variegated with a silvery tint, but this, in the 

 specimens I have seen, is neither constant nor distinct. 



J. virg^iniana aurea varieg^ata is irregularly 

 tinted, particularly at the branch tips, with light yellow. 

 Some forms of this tree are very ornamental, others not worth 

 cultivating. 



J. virginiana Bedford iana, Knight. {Synonyms: — 

 gracilis ; Gossainthainea ; barbadensis.) — This variety does 

 well when planted in light, rich, sandy soil, soon forming a 

 neat and attractive specimen. It differs greatly from the 

 species in shade of foliage-colouring, and particularly in the 



