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excellent ground-cover plant for open, sunny spots. It seldom reaches up to 

 a height of more than one foot at any point. 



JUNIPERUS HORIZONTALS var. GLAUGA Bar Harbor Juniper 

 This varietal designation seems in New England to apply to the fine, bluish, 

 densely matting form that is found near the sea in the vicinity of Bar Harbor, 

 Maine. When used in cultivation as a ground-cover plant, it forms an earth- 

 hugging, tufted carpet. In winter, the foliage assumes a purplish or lavender 

 color. Justly rated as one of the best ground-cover plants among the Junipers. 



JUNIPERUS HORIZONTALS var. PLUMOSA Andorra Juniper 



A low, spreading shrub which seldom sends its fine-foliaged, upright branches 

 to a height of more than fifteen or eighteen inches. In spreading, it maintains 

 an almost regular circular outline. Hence, a single plant standing alone lacks 

 an appearance of pleasing informality. When planted in masses so that the 

 branches may interlace and the identity of the individual plants be lost, the 

 result is an interesting, grayish-green ground cover which in winter turns 

 lavender and lilac. This, like most other prostrate Junipers, is handled best 

 while the plants are quite young. 



Junlperus procumbens 



A rather coarse, spiny-leaved, prostrate, evergreen shrub which on level 

 ground will sometimes pile up to a height of two to three feet. Its greatest 

 value as a garden plant is brought out when it is planted at intervals at the 

 top of a retaining wall in such a way that it can throw forward and spill down 

 toward the ground with its main stem at an angle to the stonework and the 

 tips of its branchlets turning outward and upward. So used, the open, ragged 

 appearance which comes with age cannot destroy its pleasing effect. 



Junlperus Sabina SAVIN JUNIPER 



A spreading, many-branched, evergreen shrub of soft texture, which was 

 used frequently in the past as low material for the edges of groups about the 

 bases of buildings. It does well in light, sandy soils. Var. tamariscifolia is 

 of more horizontal habit and has coarser, more interesting foliage, but does 

 not always winter well. Like the type it usually becomes ragged with age. 



JUNIPERUS VIRGINIANA var. CANAERTII CANNART Red CEDAR 



A narrow, dark green, columnar, garden form of the variable Red Cedar. 

 The dark, dense, foliage background, which persists satisfactorily without 

 shearing, in autumn shows off the bloomy blue fruits to distinct ornamental 

 advantage. Like all forms of J. virgir\iana, it is difficult to transplant, particu- 

 larly in smaller sizes. Also, like most of the other forms of the genus, its berries 

 are attractive to some native birds. 



JUNIPERUS VIRGINIANA var. GLAUCA SlLVER Red CEDAR 



A somewhat narrow, upright, garden form of the Red Cedar, having pleasant 

 blue foliage. Since it is usually propagated by grafting from side branches of 

 the mother plant, this, like other similarly produced conifers, must be trained 

 to a single leader while young if it is to grow up to be of true columnar habit. 



JUNIPERUS VIRGINIANA var. KETELEERI 



A rather tall, broad-based, conical plant of dense aspect which has its out- 

 line broken by the tips of the somewhat fleshy twigs. In autumn, it bears 

 large, showy, slate-blue berries of considerable decorative value. This variety, 

 unlike other forms of J. virginiana, seldom serves as a host to the cedar apple 

 rust. 



