DWARF JUNIPER (Juniperus communis, Linn.). 5 to 30 feet. 

 Sprawling shrub, or, rarely, a small tree, with irregular, lobed 

 trunk, and open head of uneven, erect branches, ending in 

 slim, 3-angled twigs. Bark thin, loose, scaly, brownish red. 

 Wood hard, close, pale brown, durable. Leaves set in whorls 

 of 3 at wide angle from twig, boat-shaped, the white lining 

 being the upper, the shining, dark green outside, the lower 

 surface; tips spiny; \ to 5 inch long; bronze-green in winter. 

 Flowers axillary, separate on same tree, both kinds cone-like. 

 Fruit a blue berry, with pale bloom, ripe at end of third sum- 

 mer, mealy, sweet, resinous, with 3 seeds. Used to flavor gin. 

 Dist.: Waste land, Greenland to Alaskan coast; south to 

 Pennsylvania, Nebraska, and along the Rocky Mountains 

 nto Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. 



