1084 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICTEUM BRITANNICUM. 



shrub. Greece. Height 10ft. to 12ft. Introduced in 1838, or before; 



flowering in May and June. 



The leaves are like those of J. Oxycedrus, but the berries are twice as large, 

 and black, covered with a violet bloom ; a handsome plant, though very 

 probably only a variety of ,7. Oxycedrus. 



B. Native of Asia. 



m *- 4>. J. DRUPA CEA Lab., N. Du Ham. The drupaceous, or large-fruited, 



Juniper. 



Identification. Labillard. Icon. Plant. Syr. Dec., 2. p. 14. ; Mart. Mill., No. 11. ; Desfont. Hist, des 



Arb. et Arbris. 2. p. 558. 

 Synonyme. J. major Bellon Obs. 2. p. 162. 

 Engravings. Clus. Icon. ; Labillard. Icon. ; our^-. 2018. reduced to our usual scale from the figure 



or La Billardidre ; and fig. 2019., which shows the scales of the fruit much opener than is usual in 



Juniperus ; it is, however, a correct copy of the original. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves in threes, 

 spreading, acute, three times shorter 

 than the fruit. Nut 3-celled. (Labil- 

 lard.} An evergreen shrub. Syria. 

 Introduced in 1820 ; but we have only 

 seen young plants. 



C. Native of North America. 



i 5. J. VIRGINIA^NA L. The Virginian Juniper, or Red Cedar. 

 Identification. Lin. Sp. PI., 1471. ; Michx. N. Amer. Syl., 3. p. 222. 

 ynonymes. J. major americana R 

 ngravings. Michx. N. 

 viii. ; and our fig. 2020. 



. . . ., 



Synonymes. J. major americana Raii Hist. 1413. ; J. maxima, &c., Sloan; Gmepro di Virginia. 

 Engravings. Michx. N. Amer. Syl., 3. t. 155. ; the plates of this tree in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves in threes, the three growing together at the base ; 

 young ones imbricated, old ones spreading. ( Willd.} An evergreen tree. 

 Maine to Georgia, in woods and plains. Height 40 ft. to 50 ft. ; in England, 

 30ft. to 40ft. Introduced before 1664; flowering in May, and ripening its 

 dark blue fruit in October. 



Varieties. 



i J. v. 2 humilis Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836. Habit dwarf. 



f J. v. 3 carolinidna. J. caroliniana Du Roi, Mill. Diet. No. 2. Miller 



says that the lower leaves of this kind are like those of the Swedish 



juniper ; but that the upper leaves are like those of the cypress ; 



while in the Virginian cedar all the leaves are like those of the 



juniper. (See p. 1082.) 

 Other Varieties. The red cedar varies exceedingly from seed. At White 



