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JUNIPERUS VIRGINIANA. 



growths larger and often free at the apex, glaucous bluish green. 

 Staminate flowers not seen. Fruits small, globose-ovoid, dark brownish 

 violet with a glaucous bloom. 



Juniperus thurifera, Linnaeus, Sp. Plant. II. 1039 (1753). London, Arb. et 

 Frut. Brit. IV. 2503, with fig. Carriere, Traite Conif. ed. II. 34 (exclu. 

 localities, except Spain). Parlatore, D. C. Prodr. XVI. 487. Gordon, Pinet. 

 ed. II. 153. Beissner, Nadelholzk. 117. Masters in Journ. R Hort Soc 

 XIV. 215. 



J. hispanica, Miller, Diet. ed. VIII. No. 13 (1768). 



J. sabinoides, Grisebach, ex Endlicher, Synops. Conif. 23 (excln. loc). 



J. cinerea, Carriere. Traite Conif. ed. II. 35. And others. 



Eng. Spanish Juniper, Incense Juniper. Fr. Genevrier porte-encens. Germ. 

 Weihrauch-Sadebaum. Ital. Ginepro incenso. 



Juniperus tlmrifera has a limited geographical range in the western 



Mediterranean region, from Cape 

 St. Vincent in Portugal eastwards 

 to the Sierra Nevada in Spain 

 where it ascends to 3,500 feet ; 

 also along the coast range of 

 Morocco and Algiers. It was 

 cultivated by Miller in the 

 Chelsea garden in 1752, and 

 was probably introduced by him. 

 Although so long cultivated 

 in this country, Gordon's asser- 

 tion that the Spanish Juniper 

 is " quite hardy " must be 

 accepted with reserve, as it is 

 only in warm and sheltered 

 situations that it occasionally 

 attains a height of 20 to 25 

 feet ; in its young state it 

 Fig. 59. jumpers thurifera. has a slender columnar out- 



line but often tapering to a 



sharp point ; as such with its very distinct, grey-green foliage, it is 

 a very ornamental plant for a spot protected from severe frosts. 



Juniperus virginiana. 



A tree of variable size and habit ; at its greatest development 

 100 feet high with a straight trunk 3 4 feet in diameter near the 

 ground ; usually much smaller and averaging 40 50 feet high ; in 

 places reduced to a low bushy shrub. Bark of trunk thin, light 

 brown tinged with red and separated into long narrow scales fringed 

 on the margins.* Branches slender, usually horizontal, but often 

 ascending, especially in the young state of the tree ; secondary branches 

 slender with smooth chestnut-brown bark ; ramification of the branchlets 



Ex Silva of Xorth America, Vol. X. p. 93. 



