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same time, some being green, others suffused with 

 a bronzy tint, and the full ripe ones an enticing 

 purple. 



It likes a moderately shady and sheltered 

 situation, or where, all day long, it will not be 

 exposed to direct sunshine. Cool, loamy peat 

 would seem to be the soil in which it does best. 

 The largest and healthiest specimens that have 

 come under my own notice are growing close to 

 the Abbey at Woburn, and in front of the dwelling- 

 house at Hafodunos, away amongst the Welsh hills. 

 For a full account of Junipems recurva, see my 

 article in The Garden, vol. xxix., 1886. 



J. RECURVA SQUAMATA, Parlatore. (Synonym : 

 J. densa, Gordon.) A much-branched, decumbent 

 variety, with stiff, unyielding branches, and very 

 glaucous, rigid, sharp -pointed, scale -like leaves. 

 It is of little value as a decorative shrub. 



J. RiGiDA, Siehold et Zuccarini. Mountains of 

 Japan, 1861. — I much fear that the specific name 

 of this Japanese conifer is responsible for its 

 absence from many of our parks and gardens. 

 It should, however, be remembered that the name 

 rigida has nothing whatever to do with the habit 

 or outline, but directly refers to the stiff, sharp- 

 pointed leaves, which render the plant almost as 

 difficult to handle as a bush of furze. It is at 

 once one of the most distinct, hardy, and beauti- 

 ful of the many species of Juniper — indeed, I 

 much question whether any other can surpass as 

 a standard specimen a well-grown healthy bush of 

 /. rigida. It has a warmth of foliage tint, and a 

 gracefully irregular habit, shapely without form- 

 ality, that render it one of the most pleasing of 



