JUNIPERUS. 



THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



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Juniperus phcenicea. 



J. PHCENICEA (Phiznicea Juniper). A 

 shrub of conical form from the Mediterranean 

 region, the male and female flowers on the 

 same plant but on dif- 

 ferent branches. Al- 

 though long introduced 

 to our country it is as 

 yet far from common. 



J. RECURVA (Weep- 

 ing Juniper}. A dis- 

 tinct kind with graceful 

 drooping branches, from 

 the mountains of India 

 and Cashmere, varying 

 in size from a low bush 

 to a medium-sized tree 

 according to climate 

 and soil. The male 

 form is more close in 

 habit than the seed- 

 bearing one. A grace- 

 ful kind for banks or 

 the outer flanks of 

 the rock-garden. At 

 Brynmeirig, near the Penrhyn slate quarries, 

 there are a number of these graceful junipers, 

 which for size are perhaps not excelled in 

 Britain. The soil is loam and peat resting 

 on shaly slate rock the situation is shady 

 and with a northern aspect, which seems 

 to suit this species. 



J. RIGIDA (Mount Hakone Juniper). A 

 graceful and picturesque kind with free and 

 often drooping habit, and in southern England 

 at least vigorous and hardy, assuming in 

 autumn and winter a pleasant bronzy hue of 

 green. It has not been long enough in cultiva- 

 tion to judge of its stature or permanent habit 

 and value in Britain, but it promises well. 

 Japan. 



J. SABINA (Savin). A hardy and plumy 

 bush of the mountains of Europe, few ever- 

 green shrubs being more beautiful. In the 

 garden at Goddendene, near Bromley, a dwarf 

 form is very prettily used as a lawn plant. 

 Among the varieties of the Savin the most 

 useful forms arey. prostrata and J. tamarisci- 



Juniperus virginiana. 



folia variegated ones as usual being ugly and 

 useless. 

 J. THURIFERA (Frankincense Juniper}. A 



small distinct tree, in its native country 

 attaining a height of 40 ft. As a lawn 

 tree it is attractive, and from its dense conical 

 shape associates well with trees of the same 

 race, and is very hardy. Spain and Portugal. 



J. VIRGINIANA (Red Cedar}. A graceful, 

 hardy tree on the hills and mountains of N.E. 

 America, giving somewhat of the effect of the 

 Eastern Cypress in Italy, and in Britain one of 

 the hardiest and most graceful except ever- 

 green trees. This tree, like many Conifers 

 that have been much grown, has had its forms 

 and varieties propagated, few of them being 

 better than, if as good as, the common kind, ex- 

 cept, perhaps, the silveryforms, which sometimes 

 occur among plants raised from seed, as they 

 should always be. Garden varieties must be 

 grafted, as if raised from seed most of these 

 would revert to the wild form. 



Dwarf Junipers for the rock-garden : Small 

 forms of the northern Junipers are used on 

 rock-gardens with good effect as giving on 

 a small scale the form of the Alpine conifers. 

 Among these are J. nana and JEchniosfortnis, 

 and other dwarf forms. 



JURINEA. A small genus of Corn- 

 positae, of slight value. J. polyclonos and 

 J. spectabilis, both Caucasian plants, are 

 mentioned in catalogues. 



JUSSIVE A NATANS.-A curious 

 aquatic plant that bears large yellow 

 blossoms a few inches above the surface 

 of the water. It is a valuable plant for a 

 pool or small lake, and hardy. 



KADSURA. A small group of ever- 

 green climbing shrubs from the mountains 

 of eastern Asia. Only one kind, K. ja- 

 ponica, has been introduced, and though 

 a pretty plant this is seldom met with, 

 being somewhat tender and not showy, 

 though with large oval leaves of glossy 

 texture which are handsomely blotched 

 and bordered with red and white in some 

 of the garden forms. The flowers are 

 solitary and something like a Magnolia, 

 creamy-white with a pink centre, and 

 opening from June to early autumn. 

 While fairly hardy in mild districts the 

 Kadsura is safest as a wall or pillar plant 

 where protection can be given in cold 

 weather, and in this way it is said to be 

 doing well even in the milder parts of 

 Scotland. It thrives in almost any soil, 

 and may be increased from cuttings of 

 half-ripe w^ood, in sand, under glass. 



KALMIA (Mountain Laurel). The 

 Kalmias are among the most beautiful of 

 North American shrubs, evergreen in 

 foliage and charming in flower. The 

 broad-leaved Kalmia latifolia is the finest, 

 as it is also the commonest in gardens. 

 Like the Rhododendron and Azalea, it must 

 be grown in a moist peaty soil, or one 



