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sonably satisfactory. This species must not be confounded 

 with the J. excelsa of Pursh and Lewis, which we find 

 occasionally described, as a North American species. 

 Pursh's plant is the J. occidentalis of Hooker, and J. an- 

 dina of Nuttall, a very different plant from the one under 

 notice. 



Carriere mentions a very pretty variegated variety, ill 

 which the leaves and branches are spotted. 



11. J, prostrata, Persoon. PROSTRATE JUNIPER. Syn. 

 J. procumbens, Pursh; J. Sabina prostrata, Loudon; J. 

 repens, Nuttall, &c., &c. Leaves, short, awl-shaped, 

 acute, loosely imbricated, crowded, dark shining-green 

 color. Branches, trailing, slender, and spreading. Fruit 

 quite small, solitary, nearly globular, very dark purplish 

 color with a glaucous bloom. 



This hardy creeping plant is from the northern portions 

 of our continent, extending along the Lakes to north-west 

 America. 



Nuttall speaks of finding it along the shores of Lake 

 Huron, and says, "It is a very distinct species, being 

 wholly prostrate, and spreading along the ground in very 

 wide circles." This species is, however, very distinct 

 from the J. procumbens of Siebold, as that is but a syn- 

 onym of the J. Japonica of Carriere, and a native of Japan. 



Having before alluded to the beauty of this plant, 

 when growing on rockeries with other trailing Conifers, 

 it only remains for us to recommend it in the strongest 

 terms. It is entirely hardy, a remarkably vigorous grower, 

 and with a dark green color. We have seen this plant 

 trained up a stake, when a graceful and pretty effect was 

 produced p and thus, in like manner, it may be made to 

 cover unsightly objects, provided such are not too high. 

 Perhaps the finest specimens in cultivation are those at 

 Princeton, mentioned by Sargent in his edition of Down- 

 ing's Landscape Gardening. They form a complete mass 



