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between the old and young foliage is likewise 

 remarkable, that of the young shoots for at least 

 half the year being so intensely glaucous that it 

 appears as if coated with hoar-frost, while the 

 older is of a soft bluish green. 



Generally the habit is irregularly upright, 

 rarely formally so, the branches comparatively 

 short and erect, and the scale -like leaves broad 

 and short, stiff and sharp to the touch, and 

 very closely arranged. The berries are produced 

 in twos and threes, and resemble greatly, both in 

 shape and colour, those of our common juniper, 

 but they are twice as large, or fully half an inch in 

 diameter, and in the young stage suffused with 

 the same silvery glaucous hue for which the 

 foliage is so remarkable. This juniper is quite 

 hardy, but has, with several other species, the 

 unfortunate drawback, for ornamental purposes 

 at least, that the lower branches give way even 

 in specimens that are freely exposed to light and 

 air. Not perhaps hardy in every part of the 

 country, this species has succeeded well both in 

 the north and south of Ireland as well as in the 

 southern English counties. It prefers a light, 

 warm soil and sunny situation, where the young 

 growths are ripened early and thus rendered more 

 proof against frost. 



It is a most desirable species of which there are 

 several well-marked varieties, including ericoides, 

 with heath -like foliage, striata, elegantissima, a 

 beautiful form, and conspicua, 



J. PHGENICEA, LmncBUS. (Synonyms : J. bacci- 

 formis, Carrier e] J. tetragona, Mcench.) Medi- 

 terranean region, Azores, Madeira. 1683. — A 



