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CONIFERS. 



mention, from its graceful weeping habit. It is known 

 as J. c. pendula. 



J. C. var. vulgaris. 



SYN. Juniperus cracovia. Loddiges. 

 Juniperus taurica. Gardens. 



The branches in this variety are very much more 

 spreading than in the species. 



J. c. var. caucasica. 

 (Weeping Common Juniper.) 



SYN. Juniperus oblonga. Bieberstein. 



Juniperus oblonga pendula. Gardens. 



This beautiful plant is one of the most attractive of 

 Junipers, especially in the spring, when covered with 

 its young, pale-green branchlets, which droop perpen- 

 dicularly from the branches, and contrasts beautifully 

 with the darker green of the older foliage. Mr. 

 Fortune tells us he saw specimens of it in China fifty 

 feet high, than which no trees could be more beautiful 

 Said to be indigenous to the mountains of Russia. It 

 is of a conical form, the lower branches resting upon 

 the ground, and the leading shoot drooping like the 

 Deodar. Very hardy. 



J. c. var. arborescens. 

 (Upright or Irish Juniper.) 



SYN. Juniperus stricta. Gardens. 

 Juniperus suecia. Miller. 

 Juniperus Jiibernica. Loddiges. 



An erect bush, assuming a cylindrical rather than a 

 pyramidal form, increasing in height without materially 



