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described, trees under this head that do not bear clipping ; but 

 all the dwarf or naturally small-sized trees of this class bear well 

 a free use of the shears, and may be kept in any form or shape 

 agreeable to the wants or taste of man. 



The Swedish juniper suecica is of a pyramidal habit, with a 

 bluish green foliage and quite rapid growth. It sometimes is 

 liable to break down from our -winter snows or severe storms, 

 and should therefore have a wrapping of small wires to keep it 

 in form. Its growth is from ten to twenty feet high, although 

 it may be kept, by means of clipping, down to a height of only 

 five to eight feet. It is adapted to point groups on the corners 



Fig. -4-2.-Ir.isn Juniper and Savin. 



of diverging roadways or paths, and with the podocarpus and 

 Irish juniper very effective little clusters may be formed. 



The Irish juniper Hibernica forms one of the prettiest of 

 little point trees; it is perfectly hardy, and always keeps a 

 beautiful rich green color, rather darker than the Swedish. It 

 can be kept at any height, from that of two feet upward to five 

 or six. The common juniper comm un is var. Canadensis is well 

 known, but too rarely planted because it is common. Singly 

 upon a lawn, it grows rapidly; and although rising but a few 

 feet high, it spreads over a broad surface and forms a remarkable 

 and effective object. Junijjerus squamata is also a variety 



