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and pleasing habit. It has not generally succeeded 

 under cultivation in this country. 



J. Cedrus, Webb. Mountains of the Canaries. 

 — ^Though little known and perhaps only hardy in 

 the milder maritime parts of this country, the 

 Mountain Cedar should be cultivated wherever 

 conditions are suitable. In Cork it is quite hardy 

 and has attained to a height of fully 20 feet. It 

 should be planted in poor, dry soil, and where 

 fully exposed to the sun its cedar-like habit and 

 distinct beauty will increase with age. The 

 leaves, which are thinly and equally arranged 

 around the shoots, are awl-shaped, half an inch 

 long and of a uniform dull green, relieved on one 

 side by two rather indistinct silvery lines. The 

 bark is of a dirty brown colour. 



J. CHiNENSis, LinncBus. Chinese Juniper. 

 (Synonyms: J. japonica, Carriere \ J. flageUi- 

 f ormis and J . Reevesiana, Hort.) Himalaya, China, 

 Japan. 1804. — This is probably the most beautiful 

 and accommodating of the several species of 

 juniper. There are two forms — male and female — 

 though occasionally I have seen both sexes present 

 on one and the same specimen. The male or 

 pollen-bearing plant is by far the most ornamental, 

 and especially so during the spring months when 

 laden with the conspicuous golden flowers. The 

 habit is strictly erect, especially in the upper half, 

 the foliage acicular, and of a pleasing bright green 

 tint, though occasionally the leaves are scale-like 

 and imbricated, particularly towards the top of 

 the specimen. The conspicuous orange-yellow 

 male flowers are in many cases so thickly produced 

 that the branches are weighed down in consequence. 



