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(3.) J. chinensis, L. "Chinese Jumper." 



A dioecious tree, attaining a height of 60-70 feet in China and Japan 

 where it is native. It also grows in the Himalayas. 



It is a well known and beautiful species, which does well in many parts of 

 this Stat^, and very readily forms colour variations. For instance, we have 

 the following in the Sydney Botanic Gardens : 



Variety argentea, L 15 ; variety japonica-argentea, L 11 a; variety 

 aurea, L 20 d ; variety aureo-variegata, L 23 a. 



(4 J. communis, L. "The Juniper." 



Usually a shrub, but some forms attain tree size. 



Yar. cracovica. " An arborescent form, with spreading branches, and 

 long, slender, somewhat distant, subpendulous branchlets, which are at first 

 yellowish, and furnished with longer leaves than in the common Juniper." 

 (Veitch's Manual.) 



L 7 (Sydney Botanic Gardens). 



Var. fastigiata (J. hibernica). " Swedish Juniper." 



An erect low tree, 12-15 or more feet high, of slender columnar habit ; 

 the branches and their ramifications erect, rigid, and closely appressed to the 

 principal stems and to each other ; the youngest branchlets short, and 

 furnished with close-set leaves that are smaller and usually more brightly- 

 coloured than in the common form. The variety cultivated in gardens under 

 the name of compressa is a diminutive form of fastigiata. 



(5.) J. drupacea, Labill. "Syrian Juniper." 



A dioecious tree 25-30 feet high, trees of the two sexes differing somewhat 

 in habit. 



Yeitch says that it has secured a place in many British gardens on account 

 of its hardiness, the unique shade of green of its foliage, and the small space 

 it requires. It appears to be a fact that all the trees in Britain are males. 



Yields a pleasant edible fruit. See Gard. Chron., 1854, 455 f. 



L 11 a (Sydney Botanic Gardens). 



(6.) J. excelsa, Bieberstein. The "Greek or Tall Juniper." 

 A (usually) monoecious tree of variable dimensions. It has a very extensive 

 geographical range, from the Greek Archipelago through Asia Minor, &c., to 

 the Himalayas. Its vertical range is also very considerable, so that one form 

 or other of it will flourish in many parts of New South Wales. 

 L 6, 23 b, 35 c (Sydney Botanic Gardens). 



(7.) J.flaccida, Schlecht. 



Figured by Sargent, t. 519. 



A tree of 20-30 feet. " One of the most beautiful of Junipers." 



