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adding to its diameter. It is the most formal of all 

 the Junipers. There is a specimen at Bagshot Park 

 twenty- six feet high. 



JUNIPERUS EXCELSA. Bieberstein. 

 (Lofty Juniper.) 



In favourable localities this species assumes the 

 appearance of a tree. On high exposed places it 

 becomes a shrub. It occurs over a wide range of 

 country, being found in the Levant, Asia Minor, and 

 Arabia, and on the Himalayas. It is very ornamental, 

 and very distinct. There is a handsome variety with 

 a more compact habit than the species, and not so 

 tall. Both are perfectly hardy. 



JUNIPERUS FCETIDISSIMA Willdenow. 

 (Frankincense Juniper.) 



SYN. Juniperus hispanica. Miller. 

 Juniperus thurifera. Gardens. 

 Juniperus excelsa. Pinetum Woburnense. 



This is a very handsome species, of a pyramidal form, 

 and of somewhat close habit. Height twenty-five to 

 thirty feet. A native of Spain and Portugal. 



JUNIPERUS FLACCIDA. Schlecht. 

 (Flagging Juniper.) 



From the mountains of Mexico, at elevations imme- 

 diately below J. Mexicana, of Schlecht. In habit it is 



