84 LAWN AND SHADE TREES. 



effective as a large spreading plant upon an extensive lawn. 

 Juniperus nana and echimformis are of a lighter, more yellow 

 green and compact habit, and for positions where only a limited 

 space can be given them, are very beautiful. They are nearer 

 allied to the Juniperus sabina, or common savin, a variety 

 well known, and that forms one of the best masses of low 

 growth among the whole collection. 



The Juniperus prostrata is a very low creeping variety, of 

 value in rock-work, and for massing and forming a low ever- 

 green bed upon a lawn. It is admirable also for planting on 

 small mounds and in cemeteries over the graves of the departed. 



FIG. 43. COMMON JUNIPER AND PROSTRATE JUNIPER. 



There are many more varieties, but as yet comparatively 

 scarce ; all, however, or nearly all, promise to prove hardy and 

 of value in forming features of beauty in a landscape. "We 

 have seen a most beautiful mass made of junipers by taking the 

 Swedish as the center plants, then the canadensis circling it, 

 and intermingling the squamata and sabina with here and there 

 a hibernica, and toning down with nana, to an outside finish 

 with prostrata. 



DWARF PINES. There ai;e several varieties of the pine family 



