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creased in size, one cannot but wonder at the 

 thickly produced foHage remaining so fresh and 

 healthy. For rock- work it is a gem. 



J. COMMUNIS CRACOVIA, Loddiges, Polish 

 Juniper. — A decidedly ornamental variety, with 

 an easy, half-pendulous, though upright mode of 

 growth. The foliage is plentifully produced, and 

 of a light green colour, but varies with the quality 

 of soil in which the specimen is growing. In 

 rather dampish loam, and where partial shade is 

 afforded, it grows very freely, the foliage being 

 thick and bright, and the branch tips gracefully 

 pendulous, particularly those on the upper half 

 of the specimen. 



J. COMMUNIS HEMISPHERICA. — This is a distinct 

 variety, and one that keeps constant in character. 

 It only rises a short distance from the ground in 

 a compact, almost globose mass, the leaves stiff, 

 thickly produced, and of the same tint as those 

 of the species, though not much over half as long. 

 For rock gardening it is valuable, the rate of growth 

 being slow, the outline compact, and the foliage 

 pleasantly glaucous. 



J. COMMUNIS FASTIGIATA. Irish Juniper. 

 (Synonyms: J. hibernica, Gordon] J. suecica, 

 Miller.) A well-known and widely dispersed 

 variety of strictly columnar habit, the branches 

 and branchlets being rigid, close set, and of 

 decidedly upright growth. But not only in habit 

 does this variety depart widely from the parent, 

 for the foliage is also strikingly distinct, being 

 shorter and of a deeper green, freely intermixed 

 with silvery glaucous tints. This handsome and 

 distinct form is said to have originated in Ireland, 



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