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and better furnished appearance is strikingly pro- 

 nounced in the specimen in question, which is 

 10 feet high and fully 7 feet through. The 

 diameter of branch-spread is the same, or nearly 

 so, from base to tip. Light sandy loam of great 

 depth suits it well. 



J. occiDENTALis, Hooker. (Synonyms : Chamae- 

 cyparis Boursieri, Decaisne ; Juniperus pyriformis, 

 Lindley.) North- Western America, British Columbia 

 to Sacramento. 1839. — ^ very variable species, 

 whether as regards outline or foliage. In young 

 plants the leaves are sharp-pointed and brightly 

 tinted, whilst in adult specimens they are of a 

 sombre hue and closely imbricated. It usually 

 wears a shabby appearance under cultivation in 

 this country. 



J. OCCIDENTALIS MONOSPERMA, found OU low 



hills of southern New Mexico, becomes a low- 

 growing tree, or rather medium-sized shrub. 



J. OxYCEDRUS, LinncBiis. (S3monyms : J. 

 rufescens, Link ; J. Marschalliana, Steven.) 

 Southern Europe, the Levant. — A bushy, freely 

 branched, and wide-spreading shrub, the branch- 

 lets neatly drooping, and well clothed with needle- 

 like leaves. It may be considered as the repre- 

 sentative of our native Juniper throughout the 

 districts in which it is found. Unless in seaside 

 situations, it is rarely of satisfactory growth in 

 this country. 



J. PACHYPHL^A, Torrey. Chequer barked 

 Juniper. New Mexico and Arizona. 1873. — 

 0\\dng to the intense glaucous hue of its foliage, 

 this species is one of the most distinct and interest- 

 ing of hardy junipers. The difference in colour 



