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tips of which hang down for a length of 4 feet, and 

 impart to the tree an easy and graceful appear- 

 ance. The probabilities are that it was planted 

 by Masters, a nurseryman at Canterbury, who 

 disseminated the funeral Cypress and many other 

 rare conifers throughout that part of Kent. It is 

 of Continental origin. 



JUNIPERUS, Linnceus 



THE JUNIPERS 



Flowers dioecious, but frequently monoecious ; males in 

 spikes ; females short, axillary, and bracteated at the base. 



Fruit a globular cone or berry, composed of from three to 

 six fleshy scales. 



Seeds erect, from one to four, mostly three in each fruit. 



Leaves opposite or ternate, scale-like, the primary ones 

 pointed, and linear or needle-like. 



Cotyledons two. 



These are evergreen trees or shrubs, and may be readily 

 recognised by the berry-like fruit, which, when ripe, is for 

 the most part deep purple, black, or reddish brown, and 

 wingless seeds. Both foliage and fruit when crushed emit 

 a pleasant resinous odour. 



JuNiPERUS BERMUDIANA, LinncBus. Bermudas. 

 — In this country the situations are few where the 

 present juniper can be said to succeed, and for 

 this reason it is rarely met with in cultivation. 

 In the north of Ireland, and in southern and 

 western England, it succeeds fairly well, and on 

 the sandy soil of Surrey I have seen a well-furnished 

 and healthy specimen. It is thickly branched 

 and of tapering outline, with scale-like imbricated 

 leaves on the adult tree, those on the young plant 

 being needle-like, and each about half an inch long. 



