90 CONIFEROUS TREES 



J. Sabina, LinncBus. The Savin. Central and 

 Southern Europe, Caucasus, Siberia, North-Eastem 

 America. Prior to 1548. — Though hardly worthy 

 of special remark as an ornamental shrub, yet the 

 Savin juniper has been put to good use for rock- 

 work decorations, and for planting as game covert 

 around the margins of woodlands. In Wobum 

 Park it is extensively used for the latter purpose. 

 It is usually of irregular habit, portions of the 

 shrub being dense and compact of growth, and 

 others jutting away into long, almost erect shoots. 

 The leaves are small and scale-like, while the 

 partly concealed berry is of pea size and purplish 

 brown in colour. Useful for smoky localities. 



J. Sabina tamariscifolia, Aiton, is one of the 

 neatest and prettiest varieties in cultivation, and 

 in small gardens is worthy of a far larger share 

 of attention than it has hitherto received. One 

 must see healthy specimens to witness the intense 

 bluish green colour, suffused with a silvery tint, 

 that pervades the whole foliage. For ornamental 

 planting, this Spanish Savin is far more desirable 

 than the species, being of neater and more pro- 

 cumbent growth, and the foliage tint much more 

 bright and cheerful. Even under favourable cir- 

 cumstances, it rarely rises more than 15 inches 

 from the ground, is oftener 9 inches high, and is 

 wanting usually in the long, extended twigs which 

 so mar the appearance of the typical plant. It 

 makes a capital edging or carpeting shrub, a use 

 to which I have successfully put it on various 

 occasions. The branches when pegged down take 

 root freely, and soon form breadths of the most 

 pleasing green foliage. 



