JUNIPER BUSH. 



JUNIPERUS. 



CUPRESSIDE^E. DICECIA MONADELPHIA. 



French, genevrier; Italian, ginepro, ginebro. 



THERE are many species of Juniper in our plantations, 

 though some of them are also called by other names. The 

 Spanish Juniper, Juniper us thurifera, grows thirty feet 

 high, and sends out branches, which form a sort of py- 

 ramid : the berries, when ripe, are very large and black. 

 This was cultivated by Mr. Miller in 1759- 



The Bermudas Juniper, Juniperus Bermudiana, also 

 called the Bermudas Cedar, has very short leaves, upon 

 four-cornered branches ; the berries are of a dark red 

 colour, inclining to purple. The wood has a strong 

 and agreeable odour, and was formerly in great esteem 

 for wainscoting rooms and for furniture. It is of a red- 

 dish colour, and is commonly known in this country by 

 the name of Cedar-wood. It is this which is so much in 

 use for holding blacklead pencils. It is a lasting timber, 

 as may be seen by the wainscoting, staircases, &c. in 

 many old mansions. In old times it was common to 

 have one room wainscoted with this timber, that bore 

 the appellation of the Cedar-room ; such are often de- 

 scribed by Mrs. Radcliffe. 



This was probably the Cedar described by Homer, in 

 the cave of Calypso, as shedding a sweet perfume when 

 Mercury alighted there : 



