236 A HANDBOOK OF CONIFERS 



15-20 ft. high, however, have been grown in the Temperate 

 House at Kew. 



The wood is of good quahty, red in colour, very durable, and 

 sometimes prettily marked. It has been used for shipbuilding 

 and furniture. Cabinets made of the wood are highly prized and 

 treated as heirlooms in Bermuda. 



ainton-Baker, Illust. Conif. iii, 6 (1913). 



Juniperus brevifolia, Antoine. 



A small tree with a stem up to 5 ft. in girth. Branches short, 

 numerous, densely clothed with foliage. Leaves narrow, |— | in. 

 long, about tV in. wide, glaucous, jointed and swollen at the base, 

 the apex rounded or short-pointed ; upper surface with a narrow, 

 green midrib, on each side of which is a broad, white, stomatic 

 furrow bounded by an external green band ; lower surface green, 

 with a prominent midrib. Fruit sub-globose, dark reddish 

 brown. Seeds 3, ovoid. 



A very distinct juniper, found wild only in the Azores, where it 

 ascends to 5,000 ft. elevation. It is not known to be under culti- 

 vation in Britain, and is of no economic importance. 



ainton-Baker, Illust. Conif. iii, 7 (1913). 



Juniperus calif ornica, Carriere. 

 Californian Juniper. 



Sweet-berried Jimiper ; Sweet-fruited Juniper ; White Cedar. 



A much-branched shrub or small tree up to 40 ft. high, with a 

 trunk up to 3 ft. in girth. Bark brown or ashy grey, with thin, 

 persistent outer layers. Leaves closely pressed, usually in threes, 

 short and thick, rounded at the tip, i',5-iV in. long, conspicuously 

 glandular on the back, margins minutely toothed. Fruit globose 

 or oval, ^l in. long, reddish brown covered with a glaucous 

 bloom and containing 1-2 large, pitted seeds. 



This is the common species of the coast mountains of CaU- 

 fornia, occurring chiefly south of San Francisco ; and also found 

 on the western foothills and on the dry slopes of the Sierra 

 Nevada. It was introduced by William Lobb, who sent seeds to 

 Veitch's nursery at Exeter in 1853. 



The wood is soft, close-grained, and light reddish brown. It 

 is very durable and used for fence-posts in its native country. 



Jepson, Silv. Calif. 162 (1910) ; Clinton-Baker, Illust. Conif. iii, 8 (1913). 



Juniperus Cedrus, Webb and Berthelot. 

 Canary Island Juniper. 



Canary Island Cedar ; Sabina Tree. 



A tree attaining a height of 70-80 or occasionally 100 ft. in 

 the Canary Islands. Trunk stout, branches spreading, with 

 slender, pendent branchlets. The ultimate divisions of the 



