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this plant, now growing at Princeton, N. J., in the col- 

 lection of R. S. Field, Esq., which shows to what perfec- 

 tion it can be grown. When quite young, the plants are 

 prostrate and trail along the ground, but as it gradually 

 increases in age, it assumes a compact, conical form, and 

 creates a fine effect on the lawn. 



It is very valuable for rockeries, and always conveys an 

 agreeable impression, more particularly when used with 

 the darker J. prostrata. An experience of several years 

 Avith this species has increased our admiration for it, and 

 we would recommend every lover of the beautiful to in- 

 troduce this hardy and lovely little plant into his collec- 

 tion. 



16, J. thurifera^ Linnaeus. SPANISH JUNIPER. 

 Leaves, quite small, awl-shaped, acute, imbricated in four 

 rows, glandless, very rigid, spreading, light glaucous green 

 color. Branches, numerous, spreading, and incurved at 

 the apex. Fruit, large, ovate, or obovate, solitary, ter- 

 minal on the branches, very dark color, covered with a 

 tine glaucous bloom. 



The true Spanish Juniper is a native of Spain and Por- 

 tugal, where it is found at considerable elevations on the 

 mountains. It forms a beautiful ornamental tree 30 or 40 

 feet in height, very compact and conical in shape, with 

 numerous branches that clothe the tree from the ground, 



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and which are also gracefully incurved, thus producing a 

 pleasing effect. The branchlets are exceedingly numerous, 

 and produce a dense mass of foliage, and when to that is 

 added a crop of large, dark berries, the effect is beautiful. 

 We make the following extracts from London, from 

 \\hichwemayinfer it succeeds well in England. "Cul- 

 tivated in 1752, by Miller. There is a tree at Mr. Lam- 

 bert's seat, at Boyton, which in 1837 was 28 feet high, 

 with a trunk 9 inches in diameter ; one at Bagshot Park, 

 12 years old, which is 12 feet high, and one at Croome, 40 

 years planted, which is 30 feet high." 



