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day another use that it was employed upon was as 

 an ingredient of the medicine-bottle. It was also, 

 according to old writers, applied to other purposes — 

 marquetry, veneer, making cups as well as filling 

 them with the afore-mentioned distillations from 

 the berry. The oil of Juniper, we are also told, made 

 good picture varnish. As there does not seem much 

 probability of making a fortune out of it by growing 

 it here, for timber, or drinking, or any other purposes, 

 the economic part of the question hardly merits 

 further attention. 



We have only tabulated nineteen of the Juniper 

 species. There are many others that have been brought 

 to our notice. All countries surveyed by tree-hunters, 

 from China to Peru, in all regions, from mountain tops 

 to Mexican plains, from Arctic heights to tropical 

 circles, claim their own particular locally estab- 

 lished Juniper. Kew lists, Veitch, and Clinton Baker 

 touch upon something over thirty different species, 

 while Elwes and Henry deal specifically with some 

 twenty-two species. Of the total number mentioned. 

 Bean suggests more or less for planting with us 

 sixteen of the species, and of these especially recom- 

 mends nine. Many so far have not flourished or 

 even been introduced among us. In this list may be 

 mentioned the Macrocarpa, Occidentalis, Brevifolia, 

 Squamata, Flaccida, Bermudiana, Thurifera, Procera. 

 Of these the Flaccida and Thurifera grow at Bicton, 

 and the Procumbens form of the Squamata is often 

 seen in rockeries. 



On the three Sub-divisions of the Juniperin^e : 

 (i) Sabine ; (2) Oxycedri ; (3) Arceuthos 



We have now come to the question of how to start 

 upon an identifying pursuit of these Juniperinae. 

 The quest is made easier by one very striking differ- 



