160 JUNIPERUS, OR 



Juniperus Chinensis aurea, Rollisson, the Golden Chinese 



Juniper. 

 This is a fine variety, with a portion of the branchlets of a 

 bright golden yellow. 



No. 29. Juniperus Japonica, Carriere, the Japan Juniper. 



Syn. Juniperus proeumbens, Siebold. 

 Chinensis proeumbens, Endliclier. 



Leaves in whorls of three, thickly set on the branches, 

 spreading, rigid, and tapering to a sharp prickly point; 

 straight, smooth, bright green and convex, with hardly any 

 trace of the mid-rib on the under side ; channelled with two 

 glaucous lines on the upper one, while those on the outer 

 branches in the adult plants are very small, ovate, blunt at the 

 points, closely imbricated, and three-sided. Branches spread 

 out, numerous, twisted, and frequently bent downward at the 

 ends ; smaller ones very dense, short, rigid, and covered at the 

 ends with small closely-imbricated leaves. Berries small and 

 solitary, at the points of the small lateral branchlets, irregu- 

 larly egg-shaped, gibbous, and sometimes two-lobed, containing 

 from one to three seeds in each, and of a very deep purple, 

 covered with a glaucous powder, before and when ripe. 



A small dense-spreading bush, not growing more than one 

 or two feet high, found plentiful on the mountains of Japan. 



It is quite hardy, very distinct, and has the following 

 varieties : 



Juniperus Japonica aurea, Fortune, the Golden Variegated 



Japan Juniper. 



This variety differs from the ordinary form, in having a 

 good portion of the secondary branches and branchlets of a 

 golden yellow colour, and when well intermixed, forms a very 

 striking object. 



