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JUNIPERUS, OR 



head, tapering to quite a point at the top. Berries very large, 

 solitary, obovate or egg-shaped, glaucous-black when ripe, red- 

 dish brown when immature, and bright green when young, and 

 growing at the points of the smaller branchlets, which are 

 entirely covered with small imbricated leaves. 



A very handsome, dense, pyramidal, small tree, brandling to 

 the ground, and tapering to a sharp point, and attaining a 

 height of from 20 to 30 feet. 



It is found on the mountains in the province of Seville, in 

 Spain, and in Portugal, at an elevation of from 3000 to 4500 

 feet above the sea. 



It is quite hardy. 



Leaves in twos 



No. 27. Juniperus Virginiana, L., the Virginian or Red 



Cedar. 



Syn. Juniperus arborescens, Mcmcli. 

 , Caroliniana, Horl. 



, Virginiana vera, Loddiges. 



, vulgaris, Carriere. 



major Americana, Parkinson. 



opposite, and four-rowed ; but frequently in 

 whorls of three on the young shoots, those on the adult plants 

 closely imbricated, very small, and sharp-pointed ; but after- 

 wards, as they get older, become spread out at the points, glossy 

 and of a light green, in the common form of the tree, frequently 

 turning to a tawny brown colour in winter. Branches hori- 

 zontal, numerous, close together, and feathered to the ground ; 

 branchlets four-sided, slender, straight, spreading, and very 

 numerous on the outer parts of the branches. Berries dark 

 purple, very small, ovate, smooth, or slightly warted on the 

 surface, and covered with a white glaucous powder. Male 

 and female flowers mostly on the same plant, but sometimes 

 on separate ones. 



A handsome tree, growing 40 or 50 feet high, and one foot 

 and a half in diameter. 



