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diameter, and often become suffused with a glauc- 

 ous bloom just before they ripen. For ornamental 

 purposes, in sheltered spots and in stiff soils, I 

 would recommend Juniperus drupacea to be 

 planted, as being a tree of robust and stately 

 growth. 



J. EXCELSA, Bieher stein, (Synonyms : J. 

 taurica and J. religiosa, Hort.) Levant, Himalaya, 

 Afghanistan to Sikkim. 1806. — This is usually 

 found as a pyramidal bush or tree, with numerous 

 slender rigid branchlets, the peculiarly glaucous 

 leaves imparting a greyish appearance to the whole. 

 Berries have been abundantly produced both in 

 England and Ireland. They are smooth of surface, 

 fully three -eighths of an inch long and nearly 

 round. Where it thrives this juniper is a distinct 

 and ornamental species. 



When raised from seed in this country, the 

 appearance of all the young plants is wonderfully 

 alike, which is rather singular when we consider 

 the wide range of the plant from Greece to 

 Afghanistan. 



J. EXCELSA STRiCTA partakes of the neat, up- 

 right habit of the species, probably when young 

 in an advanced degree, with still more glaucous 

 foliage. 



J. MACROCARPA, SiUhoYp. Mediterranean 

 Coast. — Although not generally recommended for 

 cultivation in this country, yet that it does succeed 

 well in certain places is evident from the beautiful 

 specimen that is growing but a short distance from 

 the race-course at Sandown Park. It much re- 

 sembles our Common Juniper, only the leaves are 

 longer, and the fruit larger, while the more compact 



