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Var. aureo-variegata. 

 Patches of shoots and leaves yellow. 



Var. Chamberlainii, Knight. 



Branchlets pendulous, but the leaves mostly awl-shaped and 

 of a greyish tint. 



Var. compacta. 



A compact, rounded bush with juvenile and adult leaves. 

 Very slow-growing, and suitable for the rockery. Vars. dumosa 

 and humilis are very similar in appearance and scarcely distinct. 



Var, elegantissima. 



Young shoots tipped with yellow. 



Var. glauca, Knight. 



Foliage glaucous or silvery, especially in spring. A handsome 

 plant. 



Var. Kosteriana. 



Leaves silvery ; habit pjrramidal. 



Var. pendula, Carriere. 

 Branchlets pendulous, leaves scale-like ; a male form. 



Var. pendula viridis. 



Branches pendulous, leaves bright green. 



Var. Schottii, Gordon. 

 Narrowly pyramidal in habit, with scale-like leaves. 



Var. tripartita, R. Smith. 



A low, spreading bush, densely branched, with light green, 

 usually awl-shaped leaves. 



Var. Triomphe d 'Angers, Beissner. 

 Young branchlets creamy white. 



This species may usually be recognized by its short- or long- 

 pointed scale-leaves and the presence of juvenile foliage on adult 

 trees. The dwarf forms often strongly resemble J. Sabina, but 

 the latter species may generally be known at once by the dis- 

 agreeable odour of the bruised foliage. 



A native of the E. and Cent. United States and E. Canada, 

 where it has a wide distribution from S. Nova Scotia to E. Texas. 

 It was introduced about the middle of the seventeenth century 



