CHAT. cxm. 



CONl'FKK/t;. JUNl'pERUS. 



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and in the leaves being acute and less clustered. Native of the soutii 

 of Europe, the Levant, and Siberia. It was cultivated in 1759, by Miller, who 

 received it from Spain and Italy. In its native climate it produces the resin- 

 ous gum called olibanum, which has a strong smell, 

 and a bitterish and somewhat pungent taste. When 

 burned, it dift'uses a fragrant smell, and is supposed 

 to be the incense which was used by the ancients 

 in their religious ceremonies (though not the same 

 as the substance known by that name in the shops.) 

 It is much employed by the Roman Catholics, in their 

 churches, for similar purposes. It is useil in medicine, 

 as an astringent. The only plants that we have seen 

 of it were quite young ; that in the Horticultural 

 Society's Garden being, in 1837, only 2ft. high; 

 the upper part of the |)Iant so closely resembling 

 ./. phoenicca as scarcely to be distinguished from it, 

 but the lower part with the leaves glaucous on both 

 sitles, and 4-rowed. There is a large plant at Boy- 

 ton, of which we have received specimens from Mr. 

 Lambert, and the shoots of which were covered with 

 a white resinous matter, like minute scales. Mr. Lam- 

 bert describes his plant as hardy, very much branched, 2.368 

 and 6 ft. or 8 ft. high. It is the only plant, he says, which he has seen of 

 the species. 



The incense-bearing, or Spanish, Juniper. 



1 11. J. THURl'l-ERA L. 



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Idenlijica/ion. Lin. Sp., 1471. ; Willi Sp. PI., 4 p. 8;)l.: Ait. Hort. Kew., ed 2., 5. p 413 • Mart 

 Mill., 1. ; Lodd. Cat, ed. 1836. ' 



Synoni/mes. J. hispiiiica Mill. Diet., No. 13., Latn. Eitcyc. Diet. ,'2. p. 626., X. Du Ham 6 p SO • 

 C'fedruslii>pHnita, &c., Tourn. /nA7., p. 588. > • r- ■ ■> 



Engraving. Fig. 236y., from a specimen received from Mr. Lambert. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves imbricate in 4 rows, acute. 

 ( JVil/d.) A tree, a native of Spain and Portugal ; 

 cultivated in 1752, by Miller; and flowering in May 

 and June. 



Description, <.$-c. An evergreen low tree, growing to 

 the height of from 25 ft. to 30 ft., and sending°out 

 many brandies, so as to form a pyramidal head. The 

 leaves are acute, and lie over each other in four rows, 

 so as to make the branches appear four-cornered. Ber- 

 ries very large, and black when ripe. There is a tree 

 at Mr. Lambert's seat at Boyton, which, in 1837, was 

 28ft. high, with a trunk 9 in. in diameter; one at 



Bagshot Park, 12 years old, which is 12ft. high; and ^. 



one at Croome, 40 years planted, which is 30 ft.^high : there arc also plants in 

 the Horticultural Society's (Jarden, and in the Fulham Nursery, in both places 

 3 It. high. Price of plants, in London, 'Js. 6(1. each ; at BoHwyller, 3 francs. 



* 12. ./. exce'lsa Wi//(i. The tall Juniper. 



Idciilijication. WilUi. Sp. PI., 4. p. 852. ; Ait. Hort. Kew.. ed 2 5 d 411 • I aws Man n -Joo . 

 Pur.h Fl. Amer. Sept.. 2. p. wf. ; Royle Illust. ; Lodd. Cat od. 1836 , Bon Ja d ; lll&l ''^- ' 

 Synonymcs. J .Sablna var. 1'all Iio,s., 2. p. 15. ; Himalaya Cedar-wood. 

 tngramng. Fig. 2j;0., from a plant about 2ft. high. 



Spec. Char Sfc. Leaves opposite, somewhat obtuse, with a central gland ; 

 4-ranked and imbricate ; slender, acute, di.sposed in thi-pcs, and .spreading 

 Stem arboreous. (Jr/7W.) A tall evergreen tree. Introduced in 1806. 

 Descr-^)tion, Sfc. A very handsome and ele-ant tree, with an upright trunk 

 and .slightly pendulous branches. Leaves opposite, imbricated in 4- Vows and 

 having a raised line on the back. This species has a very extensive geo-ra- 

 phica range. It was first discovered in Siberia, by Pallas"; and it wa.s intro- 

 duced in 1806, by Sir Joseph Banks. Some years afterwards, it was discovered 



