144 JUNIPERUS, OR 



loosely imbricated, and spreading at the points on the young 

 plants; but short, thick, ovate, imbricated, and four-rowed, 

 with a sunken gland at the back of those on the old plants. 

 Stem erect, thickly covered with numerous short compact 

 branches, curved upwards towards the ends, and densely 

 clothed with foliage; branchlets obtusely four-sided, straight, 

 and rather rigid. Berries globular, slightly angular, half an 

 inch in diameter ; when full grown, of a deep glaucous purple, 

 solitary, and on the ends of very short branchlets. 



A handsome pyramidal small tree, growing 30 or 40 feet 

 high, with the lower branches rather drooping when old. 



It grows on the Islands in the Grecian Archipelago, Tauria, 

 Syria, Armenia, and between Teflis and Erivan ; also in Persian 

 Armenia, and Georgia. 



This kind is not found indigenous, either in India or North 

 America, as stated by Mr. Loudon, in the Arboretum Britanni- 

 cum; the American Juniperus excelsa of Lewis and Pursh 

 being the Juniperus Occidentalis of Hooker, while the Juni- 

 perus excelsa of Indian writers is the Juniperus religiosa of 

 Royle, and both very distinct from the Crimean kind. 



Juniperus excelsa stpjcta, Rollisson, the Upright Tall 



Juniper. 



Syn. Juniperus excelsa glauca, Hovt. 

 Perkinsii, Hort. 



venusta, Hort. 



stricta, Hort. 



This beautiful variety forms a tall, dense, narrow, conical 

 head, tapering gradually from the ground to a sharp terminal 

 point; and is of a fine silvery glaucous colour. It originated 

 in the nursery of Messrs. Rollisson, at Tooting, and is quite 

 hardy. 



Juniperus excelsa variegata, Carrilre, 



A very striking variety, with variegated leaves and branch- 

 lets, of French origin. 



