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what the difference from the species consists. There are other names current 

 in the nurseries, in some of which they are applied to J. communis, in others 

 to /. 5abina, and in others to J. virginiana. 



The rate of growth of the 

 taller-growing varieties, in the 

 climate of London, is from 

 6 in. to 9 in. a year, till the 

 plants are 6 or 8 feet high, 

 after which they grow more 

 slowly ; and their duration is 

 more than a century. The 

 wood is finely veined, of a 

 yellowish brown, and very 

 aromatic. It weighs, when 

 dry, above 42 Ib. per cubic 

 foot. The berries are, how- 

 ever, the most useful product 

 of the juniper, being used for 

 flavouring gin. The plant 

 makes good garden hedges, and may be clipped into any shape, 



2014. J. communis. 



2. J. OXY'CEDRUS L. The Sharp-Cedar, or brown-berried, Juniper. 



Identification. Lin. Sp. PI., 1470. ; N. Du Ham., 6. p. 47. 



Synonymes. J. major Cam. Epit. 54. ; J. m. monspeliensium Lob. Ic. 2. p. 223. ; J. phoenicea, &c., 

 J. Bauh. Hist. 1. p. 277. ; J. major, &c., C. Bauh. p. 489. ; Cedrus phoenicea Matth. Valgr. 127.; 

 Oxycedrus Clus. Hist. p. 39. ; O. phcenicea Dod. Pempt. p. 853. ; the prickly Cedar ; le Cade, Fr. ; 

 Spanische Wachholder, Ger. ; Cedro Fenicio, Ital. 



Engravings. N. Du Ham., 6. 

 t. 15. f. 2. ; our fig. 2016. to 

 our usual scale ; and fig. 2015. 

 of the natural size. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves 

 in threes, spreading, 

 mticronate, shorter 

 than the berries. 

 (Willd.) An evergreen 

 shrub. Spain, Portu- 

 gal, and the South of 

 France. Height 10 ft. 

 to 12ft. Introduced 

 before 1739. Flower- 

 ing in May and June. 



2015. J. Oxycedrus. 



2016. J. Oxycedrus 



Variety. 



J. o. 2 taurica Hort. Tolerably distinct ; and, according to Mr. Gor- 

 don, possibly J. drupacea. (Gard. Mag., 1840, p. 10.) 



Closely allied to J. communis. The branches are small 

 and taper, without angles. Berries very large, of a 

 brownish red, and marked with two white lines. Hand- 

 some when allowed sufficient space ; and rather more 

 tender than J. communis. 



3. J. MACROCA'RPA Smith. The large-fruited Juniper. 



Identification. Smith in Fl. Graec. Prod., 2. p. 263. : Tenore Syll. Fl. 



Neapol. 

 Synonymes. ? J. Oxycedrus var. ; J. major, bacc4 caerulea, Tourn. Inst. 



589. 

 Engravings. Lob. Icon., 2. p. 223. f. 1. ; and our fig. 2017. of the natural 



size, copied from the figure of L'Obel. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves ternate, spreading, mucronate, 

 sharply keeled, one-nerved. Berries elliptical, longer 



than the leaf. (Smith, Fl. Gr., 2. p. 267.) An evergreen 2017. j 



