280 THE BOOK OF EVERGREENS. 



be planted in a sheltered and very favorable spot to secure 

 any chance of success. 



Var. brevifolia, EndUcher. This is no hardier than 

 the species, but is a larger tree, more compact in growth, 

 and has smaller foliage. 



II.-SJLYIN 



Leaves in opposite pairs, mostly awl-shaped, slightly 

 divergent, and loosely imbricated in the adult plants. 

 Fruit mostly small and numerous. 



9. J. densa, Gordon. DENSE-GROWING INDIAN JUNI- 

 PER. Syn. J. recurva densa, Hort, &c. Leaves, in whorls 

 of three, half spreading, linear-lanceolate, very acute, pun- 

 gent, a pale yellowish-green, and about a third of an inch 

 long. Berries solitary, the size and shape of a small pea, 

 dark blue, covered with a glaucous bloom, extremely res- 

 inous, aromatic, and mostly three-seeded; with three 

 divergent furrows on the apex, connected at the extrem- 

 ities by an elevated scale, and thus forming a kind of plat- 

 form on the top, with three lateral scales lower down the 

 sides of the berry. The whole plant emits an exceedingly 

 strong turpentine or resinous smell when bruised, and the 

 berries ripen from August to November." Gordon. 



This species, lately brought into notice under a new name 

 by Gordon in his supplement to the Pinetum, had been 

 previously confounded with the J. recurva. According 

 to this author, it is very distinct from the latter, being 

 " easily distinguished by its dwarf, dense habit, and small, 

 3-seeded fruit, while that of Juniperus recurva has but a 

 single seed in each berry." It generally grows from 3 to 

 6 feet high, somewhat resembling J. squamata in appear- 

 ance, but not so spreading in its growth. The tint of its 

 foliage is of a pale yellowish-green. Gordon enumerates 



