82 CONIFEROUS TREES 



but I have also found similar upright-habited forms 

 wild at Keston, in Kent, and on some of the 

 commons of Hertfordshire, particularly near Box- 

 moor. It also occurs in Sweden. 



J. COMMUNIS NANA. — A neat little shrub, of 

 spreading growth, the leaves being short, and so 

 sharp and needle-like that it is difficult to handle 

 the plant uninjured. The colour of foliage is 

 greyish green beneath, and more glaucous above. 

 Though rarely rising to a greater height than 8 

 inches from the ground, yet on the Snowdon range 

 of hills I have seen it spreading to 5 feet in width. 

 It transplants freely, and is useful for covering 

 dry gravelly and chalky banks where little else 

 would grow. 



J. COMMUNIS NEABORiENSis is a distinct and 

 desirable variety of pyramidal growth, and remark- 

 able for the stiff and very sharp-pointed leaves, 

 which are of a shining glaucous green. It succeeds 

 well under ordinary treatment, and forms a neat 

 and pleasing specimen of upward growth. 



J. COMMUNIS OBLONGA. (Synon3mi I J.oblonga, 

 Bieberstein.) — This is a striking and beautiful form 

 when seen in a thriving condition, which, un- 

 fortunately, is not always the case in this country. 

 In shape it varies considerably, some specimens 

 being decidedly procumbent, while others shoot 

 up narrow and compact. It is, however, always 

 pleasing, from the rich bright green of the 

 foliage and the dainty grace of the slender 

 branchlets. For a cool, porous soil it is a good 

 subject. 



J. DRUPACEA, Lahillardiere. The Syrian 

 Juniper. (Synonym : Arceuthos drupacea. 



