CONIFERS. 67 



JUNIPERUS CHINENSIS. Linnceus. 



(Chinese Juniper.) 



(The Male.) 



STN. Jwniperus Tkunbergii. Hooker. 

 Junipet'us nepalensis. Gardens. 



A handsome shrub or tree, of compact habit, grow- 

 ing twenty or thirty feet high. Very attractive in the 

 early spring, when in flower. 



(The Female.) 



SY$.Juniperus JReevesiana. Gardens. 



Juniperus flagelliformis. Gardens. 



Of more slender growth than the male, and not so 

 tall ; but still a very handsome plant. 



JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS. Linnaws. 

 (Common Juniper.) 



Loudon, in his Arboretum, tells us that this shrub 

 seldom grows higher than three or four feet, but such is 

 only applicable to it when growing on the most 

 exposed and barren downs. For such situations it is 

 an invaluable plant, as it will succeed on cold chalky 

 hills where scarcely any other shrub will grow. In shel- 

 tered places it attains a height of sixteen or eighteenfeet, 

 and takes no mean rank amongst ornamental plants. 

 It is indigenous to the whole of northern Europe and 

 part of Asia. Besides the varieties named below, 

 there are numerous others in cultivation, some of 

 which are very beautiful. One deserves particular 



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