For description, see following extracts from Press reports : 



Report from Gardeners' Chronicle, Sept. 7, 1872. 



"Certainly one of the foremost places amongst golden-leaved Conifers must be 

 accorded to Mr. Maurice Young's Juniperus chinensis aurea. The Chinese 

 Juniper is well known as one of the hardiest and handsomest of Coniferous Shrubs, 

 and when we state that the novelty just referred to is the exact counterpart of its 

 parent, in all but its colour, and that that colour is equal at least in richness 

 of hue to any golden Conifer hitherto known, but little further mention of it 

 is needed. We may however add, from a recent personal inspection of the stock, 

 that it is thoroughly constant. Not a plant amongst the entire stock shows the 

 least tendency to run back ; but all, whether infants of 6 inches, or adolescents of 

 3 feet high, appear in the same aristocratic ' cloth of gold ' array. There is, as we 

 have said, nothing whatever but the colour and that is an important element from 

 the decorative point of view to distinguish this from the type form of Juniperus 

 chinensis. The original plant, which stands about twelve feet high, and the upper 

 half of which is a mass of gleaming golden spray, is a conspicuous object from the 

 high road in passing the Milford Nursery. The golden portion originated in a 

 sport of one of the leading shoots, and now forms the entire apex of the plant, the 

 lower half being of the ordinary green form. The colouration is not variegation 

 strictly so called not a sprinkling of yellow twigs or yellow leaves over portions 

 of the spray, but the whole plant is suffused with it as if it had been bathed in 

 gold, and the colour becomes the more intense the more fully and freely the plant 

 is exposed to the light and the sunshine. Our notes indicate that the propagated 

 plants take on a close pyramidal habit, and have moreover the twofold character of 

 foliage which is seen in the parent, and that the colour on the more prominent 

 portions of the plant is as bright as the tint of the golden Holly. Taking these 

 various points into account, and coupling with them the free-growing hardy 

 character of the plant, there is no exaggeration in prounouncing this novelty to be 

 one of the best and most desirable of ornamental Conifers. ' All is not gold that 

 glitters,' but in this golden Juniper Mr. Young has found what should prove to 

 be a treasure." 



Extract from Gardeners' 1 Magazine, June 29, 1872. 



"A foremost position, however, must be accorded to Mr. Young's New Golden 

 Chinese Juniper {Juniperus chinensis aurea), a beautiful bright golden sport from 

 the Chinese Juniper, originated at the Milford Nurseries. It retains its bright 

 colour throughout the winter as well as summer, and it must become one of the 

 most favourite Conifers ever introduced." 



Ed. Andre in I'lllustration Horticole, 1872, p. 309. 

 " Juniperus chinensis aurea." This variety, raised by Mr. Maurice Youn^ of 

 the Milford Nurseries, Godalming, is one of the most beautiful Conifers ever 

 obtained. The original plant is about 12 feet in height, and is as it were covered 

 with a cloth of gold. It is not a variegation, but a sheet of gold which covers the 

 whole plant. None of the young plants show the least tendency to run away to the 

 green type. This novelty is considered one of the most striking that has been 

 introduced into England for many years. 



Price for Strong Young Plants, ys. 6d., 10s. 6d., and 21s. each. 

 Larger Specimens, 42s., 63s., and 105s. each. 



