THE NEWER EVERGREEN ORNAMENTAL TREES. 501 



the island of Barbadoes, and the Windward Islands, and 

 Syn. erroneously cultivated by these three names, 



J. Barbadensis. ty eac h o f w hich W6 have it. We ob- 



J. Gossainthania. . . . - 



serve from our returns, that this tree, under 

 these three names, is also pretty generally cultivated at 

 the principal nurseries in this country; and while J. Gossain- 

 thania is generally considered perfectly hardy, and J. Bed- 

 fordiana nearly as much so at Newport, Washington, and 

 New Jersey, J. JBarbadensis is reported as tender in the one 

 or two places where tried, from which, it is evident, there is 

 some confusion in the synonym. It is a pretty, graceful, slender 

 tree, with drooping branches ; when fully grown, some fifty feet 

 high. 



J. Californica (Californian juniper). Is an extremely pretty, 

 delicate variety from California, with glaucous leaves, attaining 

 an altitude, in its native country, of forty feet. We received 

 this variety from Messrs. Ellwanger & Barry two years since, 

 and have not yet ventured it out. It is more rare in England 

 than here, being classed among those of which little is known. 

 J. Canadensis (Canadian or Common juniper). This well 

 Syn. known species in our Northern States, and the 



J. depressa. northern parts of North America, Labrador, New- 

 foundland, &c., is merely a bush, with a loose open 

 head, from three to five feet high. It is sometimes confounded 

 with the Dwarf juniper of Europe, but has a smaller and 

 lighter foliage, with rather more of an upright tendency ; per- 

 fectly hardy. 



J. Ghinensis (Chinese juniper). A very great acquisition, 

 Syn f from China and Japan, perfectly hardy with us 



j. Thumbergii. j n the most severe winters, and a most beautiful 

 variety. It is dioecious, the male plant being 

 distinguished with male flowers of a bright yellow color in 

 the spring, and very showy when fully grown, attaining a 

 height of fifteen to twenty feet. The female variety, known 

 and sold also as J. Reevesiana, and J. flagelleformis, is rather 

 smaller than the male ; berries small, of a glaucous violet brown 

 when ripe. We strongly recommend these trees, especially 

 the male, as being perhaps, the finest of the really hardy 

 junipers. 



