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points, glossy and light green, in tlie common form of the tree, 

 but frequently becoming of a tawny brown colour in winter^ 

 Branches, horizontal, numerous, close together, and feathered 

 to the ground; branchlets, four-sided, slender, straight, spread- 

 ing, and very numerous on the outer parts of the branches. 

 Berries, dark purple, very small, ovate, smooth, or slightly 

 warted on the surface, and covered with a white glaucous 

 powder. Male and female flowers on the same plant, but some- 

 times on separate ones. 



A handsome tree, growing forty or fifty feet high, and one 

 foot and a half in diameter. 



It is found abundantly in the United States of America, on the 

 Cedar Island in Lake Champlain, and in the district of Maine, 

 from whence it spreads without intermission to Cape Florida, 

 and thence round the Gulf of Mexico, a distance of more than 

 3,000 miles ; in Virginia and the more Southern States, it is 

 common, but is only seen in the form of a shrub in the open, 

 dry, sandy soils of the Western States. 



There are the following varieties : — 



JUNIPEKUS ViRGINIANA GLAUCA, Hort. 



Syn. Juniperus Virginiana cinerascens, Hort. 

 „ „ „ argentea. Van Houtte. 



„ „ argentea, Hort. 



This beautiful variety only differs from the species in having 

 its foliage of a fine glaucous white colour. 



Juniperus Virginiana pendula, Hort. 

 Syn. Juniperus Virginiana Chamberlaiui, Hort. 



Leaves, mostly needle-shaped, spread out at the points, but 

 frequently resting upon the shoots ; very sharp-pointed, glau- 

 cous, straight, and scale-like. Young shoots, very long and 

 slender. Branches, drooping, and slender ; smaller ones, 

 numerous and quite pendant. 



A very singular weeping kind. 



