6l6 JUNIPERUS. 



THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



JUNIPERUS. 



Juniperus communis. 



varieties are in cultivation. J. Japonica is 

 thought to be an Alpine form of this. 



J. COMMUNIS (The British Juniper) is 

 chiefly found growing in England on sandy 

 or chalky soils or on 

 open downs, while in 

 Scotland, its native 

 home is amongst the 

 granite or trap on hill 

 and mountain sides. 

 The Irish Juniper is a 

 close erect form, not 

 confined to Ireland but 

 occurring also wherever 

 the Juniper is plentiful. 

 J. communis varies 

 much in gardens, and 

 we often see forms of 

 it where the wild plant is 

 never cultivated, though 

 we doubt if any of the 

 varieties are better, if 

 as good. The Swedish 

 and Canadian Junipers are supposed to be 

 varieties of this. J. oxycedrus is the Mediter- 

 ranean representative of 

 our common Juniper, 

 but in our climate it 

 does not generally 

 thrive. 



J. DRUPACEA (Plum- 

 fruited Juniper) is a 

 native of Syria and Asia 

 Minor, on the moun- 

 tains there attaining a 

 height of some 15 ft. 

 Thrives in gardens best 

 on good well-drained 

 soil. It has a close, coni- 

 cal habit of growth with 

 branches of a light 

 grassy - green colour. 

 This Juniper makes a 



good tree for a lawn. The fruit is a fleshy one, en- 

 closing a hard kernel, about the size of the Sloe, 

 and of a plum- 

 like purple. 



J. EXCEI.SA 

 ( Treefttnipcr). 

 A graceful 

 tree native of 

 many countries 

 in Northern 

 India, Persia, 

 Arabia and 

 Asia Minor, 

 in some of the 

 most favour- 

 able conditions 

 forming large 

 forests at very 

 high eleva- 

 tions. A close 

 tapering form 

 was sent out 

 from Messrs. 

 Rollisson's nurseries as J. e. stricta, and is 

 a very glaucous and attractive shrub. 



Juniperus oxycedrus. 



Juniperus drupacea. 



J. PHCENICEA (PJucnicea Juniper).- \ 

 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 is 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 is not long enough in cultivation 

 to judge of its stature or permanent habit 

 and value in Britain, but 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 



Juniperus phoenicea. 



Juniperus virginiana. 



useful forms arey. prostrata and /. tamarisci- 

 folia variegated ones as usual being ugly and 

 useless. 



